"The ignorance that stands on NKU’s campus is no longer acceptable," Johnson told The Northerner, the student newspaper. “It’s starting to become deliberate. Just like this person who deliberately copied our flyer," he said.
Johnson said that the reason Welcome Black Week was organized was "because we weren’t initially included in the festivities the university has.”
"We worked hard for Welcome Black Week in response to the lack of representation in the universal programs within Welcome Week, and we can even go back to homecoming,” he told The Northerner. “It’s like a cause and effect. So the reason they did this [posted the “Welcome White Week” flyer] was because we had Welcome Black Week."
In a Facebook post referring to the protest, Johnson wrote, "Racism and discrimination must go! We will not stand for the undermining and the deliberate disrespect of our struggle. OUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD!"
Johnson did not respond to BuzzFeed News' request for comment.