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| University students hold anti-racism protests across US – live updates | University students hold anti-racism protests across US – live updates |
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| 5.11pm GMT17:11 | |
| One protester at Princeton has told us students are already occupying President Christopher Eisgruber’s office. | |
| @Princeton students occupying President Eisgruber's office until demands are met. #StudentBlackOut pic.twitter.com/mV2GNfBijC | |
| And Princeton University’s press club has tweeted a list of demands issued by the school’s Black Justice League. | |
| We demand the university administration publicly acknowledge the racist legacy of Woodrow Wilson ... | |
| We demand cultural competency training for all faculty and staff... | |
| We demand a cultural place on campus dedicated specifically to black students...” | |
| Here’s the full document. | |
| Princeton's Black Justice League issue 3 demands. They intend to sit-in until President Eisgruber signs them. pic.twitter.com/eYqgaVF9FN | |
| 5.00pm GMT17:00 | |
| We just learned students are protesting at the University of Pittsburgh today, beginning at 4pm ET. | |
| We’re also expecting demonstrations from students at Emory University, Morehouse and Spelman College around 6pm ET. | |
| #StudentBlackOut #nationalblackout PGH STUDENTS IN SOLIDARITY pic.twitter.com/qMRHKKRHAA | |
| 4.41pm GMT16:41 | 4.41pm GMT16:41 |
| There are also calls for protests in Amherst, Boston and Worcester Massachusetts, at Stanford University in California, and Rutgers University in New Jersey. | There are also calls for protests in Amherst, Boston and Worcester Massachusetts, at Stanford University in California, and Rutgers University in New Jersey. |
| We also know at least one Canadian school, the University of Toronto, has issued a set of demands, asking administrators to hire more black faculty, provide better mental health services to students of color and to divest from the American for-profit prison industry (a demand suggested by the Black Liberation Collective). | We also know at least one Canadian school, the University of Toronto, has issued a set of demands, asking administrators to hire more black faculty, provide better mental health services to students of color and to divest from the American for-profit prison industry (a demand suggested by the Black Liberation Collective). |
| Anti-blackness is systemic. And anti-blackness is a choice. In order to address anti-blackness, we must all become anti-racist in our actions.” | Anti-blackness is systemic. And anti-blackness is a choice. In order to address anti-blackness, we must all become anti-racist in our actions.” |
| If you know of more protests, please tweet them to us. | If you know of more protests, please tweet them to us. |
| #StudentBlackOut #BlackonCampusUofT pic.twitter.com/S3OjKcHU3s | #StudentBlackOut #BlackonCampusUofT pic.twitter.com/S3OjKcHU3s |
| 4.27pm GMT16:27 | 4.27pm GMT16:27 |
| Today’s “day of action” takes place across the country, but times seem to vary. We’re expecting protests at University of Cincinnati in Ohio to begin at 12pm ET. | Today’s “day of action” takes place across the country, but times seem to vary. We’re expecting protests at University of Cincinnati in Ohio to begin at 12pm ET. |
| Tomorrow, 12 pm on Mainstreet. Be there. #theirate8 #studentblackout pic.twitter.com/k1KMwgVcsf | Tomorrow, 12 pm on Mainstreet. Be there. #theirate8 #studentblackout pic.twitter.com/k1KMwgVcsf |
| Others protests at the University of Michigan and the University of California at Berkeley around 3pm ET. | Others protests at the University of Michigan and the University of California at Berkeley around 3pm ET. |
| Organizers have told The Guardian that protests are also expected at Yale, Harvard and in Atlanta, Georgia. | Organizers have told The Guardian that protests are also expected at Yale, Harvard and in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 3.55pm GMT15:55 | 3.55pm GMT15:55 |
| Good morning, and welcome to our live blog on the #StudentBlackOut protests planned for universities across the US today. | Good morning, and welcome to our live blog on the #StudentBlackOut protests planned for universities across the US today. |
| Anti-racism demonstrations have roiled schools from Yale University in Connecticut to the University of Missouri to Kean University in New Jersey in recent weeks. | Anti-racism demonstrations have roiled schools from Yale University in Connecticut to the University of Missouri to Kean University in New Jersey in recent weeks. |
| Students at these schools, especially black students, have been threatened online, received pushback from within their communities, but have also been successful in some of their demands. | Students at these schools, especially black students, have been threatened online, received pushback from within their communities, but have also been successful in some of their demands. |
| You can read the full story of the planned protesters here. And we’ll have live coverage throughout the day on this blog. | You can read the full story of the planned protesters here. And we’ll have live coverage throughout the day on this blog. |
| Updated at 4.00pm GMT | Updated at 4.00pm GMT |