Students, including Tafari Robertson (center), gather around the Fighting Stallions during the March on Clegg, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, on the Quad. Star file photo
Editorâs Note: For the remainder of the school year, The University Star will take on âThe 11% Projectâ, an examination of Black students at Texas State through History, Election, Hometowns, Activism, Creatives and 10 years from now.
It took Tafari Robertson two years post-graduation to process the trauma he endured as a student at Texas State.
âIn the year [following] everything that happened on campus.I had graduated, but I was still in San Marcos,â Robertson says. âThat was just, like, a really rough year for me because it was leaving the activist space. You know, it s hard to look back on and feel like you really did everything you could have.â