Florida International University’s campus turmoil deepened after leaked WhatsApp chat excerpts surfaced containing graphic anti-Black and anti-Jewish violent language, reported via local press and amplified through a campus professor’s public response. Marvin Dunn, an 85-year-old professor emeritus of psychology and historian, staged a form of resistance on FIU’s Miami campus tied to Florida’s anti-DEI restrictions, which have shuttered DEI offices and barred spending on courses addressing systemic oppression. Dunn described tight constraints on how faculty can respond when students’ overt racism creates both safety concerns and demands for academic engagement. The dispute has put administrators and faculty in a bind: students say state rules on DEI and related speech have made them feel censored, while students of color report feeling threatened. Faculty argue that compliance limits their ability to address racism through conventional campuswide conversations, counseling, and classroom training.