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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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5.32pm GMT17:32 | |
Here is some of the latest video coming out of the University of Cincinnati, where a student group called the Irate 8 has organized students. | |
"If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say you enjoyed it." Zora Neale Hurston #StudentBlackOut pic.twitter.com/M9sJ76KuKc | |
And here’s more video from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. | |
Students march to Blue Wall pic.twitter.com/Gswby7pWqW | |
5.11pm GMT17:11 | 5.11pm GMT17:11 |
One protester at Princeton has told us students are already occupying President Christopher Eisgruber’s office. | 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 | @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. | 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 the university administration publicly acknowledge the racist legacy of Woodrow Wilson ... |
We demand cultural competency training for all faculty and staff... | We demand cultural competency training for all faculty and staff... |
We demand a cultural place on campus dedicated specifically to black students...” | We demand a cultural place on campus dedicated specifically to black students...” |
Here’s the full document. | 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 | 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 | 5.00pm GMT17:00 |
We just learned students are protesting at the University of Pittsburgh today, beginning at 4pm ET. | 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. | 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 | #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 |