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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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| 7.12pm GMT19:12 | |
| As the Princeton Press Club points out, one of the largest forums for discussion of race (and for backlash against protesters) on college campuses has been the pseudo-anonymous sharing app Yik Yak. | |
| We call it pseudo-anonymous because the company gathers at least enough user information gathered to track threats and report them to police. The company admitted providing user information to police after users threatened protesters at the University of Missouri. | |
| Princeton's Yik Yak largely pro-#Princeton administration right now. An #EisgruberMatters hashtag has 80+ up votes. pic.twitter.com/lnN8v9InAV | |
| 7.02pm GMT19:02 | |
| Protests are also happening in the halls of at least one school of criminal justice – here’s a shot from inside John Jay College in New York City. | |
| .@JohnJayCollege stands with @Mizzou #myjohnjay #cuny #ConcernedStudent1950 #nyc #education pic.twitter.com/hb9zRFCUvx | |
| 6.55pm GMT18:55 | |
| Here’s a look inside the sit-in at the president’s office at Princeton University. | |
| Video from the protest inside Pres Eisgruber's office. "We here! We been here. We ain't leavin. We are loved." https://t.co/JlgrKbhxY8 | |
| We’re here. We been here. We ain’t leaving. We are loved.” | |
| 6.54pm GMT18:54 | |
| Wesleyan students secure meeting with provost | |
| We’re seeing reports that protesters at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have successfully secured a meeting with Katherine Newman, the school’s provost to discuss racism on campus. | |
| Protesters have also reportedly asked students to screenshot racist social media comments. | |
| The meeting is finalized: Sunday at 12 p.m. Still trying to decide on a space. #UMassAmherst #StudentBlackOut | |
| 6.36pm GMT18:36 | 6.36pm GMT18:36 |
| Wesbite collects demands of 21 universities | Wesbite collects demands of 21 universities |
| Demands from almost two dozen schools have been collected on one website by Twitter user @samswey, an activist with Campaign Zero. That campaign looks to stop police violence. | Demands from almost two dozen schools have been collected on one website by Twitter user @samswey, an activist with Campaign Zero. That campaign looks to stop police violence. |
| The Guardian has tracked at least 1,005 people killed by police in 2015. | The Guardian has tracked at least 1,005 people killed by police in 2015. |
| These are living demands and will grow and change as the work grows and changes,” thedemands.org reminds us. | These are living demands and will grow and change as the work grows and changes,” thedemands.org reminds us. |
| 6.27pm GMT18:27 | 6.27pm GMT18:27 |
| Students at Wesleyan University have issued their own set of demands. | Students at Wesleyan University have issued their own set of demands. |
| Students there are asking for an equity advocate, a multicultural center and tracking of faculty and staff “micro-aggressions”. | Students there are asking for an equity advocate, a multicultural center and tracking of faculty and staff “micro-aggressions”. |
| President Michael Roth, past presidents, and the bureaucracy of this institution have actively neglected to address issues that pertain to students of color and empower them with the same level of resources, consideration, and inclusion historically available to white students. | President Michael Roth, past presidents, and the bureaucracy of this institution have actively neglected to address issues that pertain to students of color and empower them with the same level of resources, consideration, and inclusion historically available to white students. |
| Hundreds of students gather in front of president's office with a list of demands #StudentBlackOut pic.twitter.com/i8MCnV64kv | Hundreds of students gather in front of president's office with a list of demands #StudentBlackOut pic.twitter.com/i8MCnV64kv |
| 6.17pm GMT18:17 | 6.17pm GMT18:17 |
| Students across the country protest racism on campus | Students across the country protest racism on campus |
| Here’s a quick recap of what’s been happening at college and university campuses across the country: | Here’s a quick recap of what’s been happening at college and university campuses across the country: |
| When we talk about higher education, we like to paint it as a different type of system,” Yamiesha Bell, a national organizer with the Black Liberation Collective told The Guardian. “It was built for white men, it was built on stolen land, and it was built on the backs of black people and that’s important for us to realize when we talk about race on campus.” | When we talk about higher education, we like to paint it as a different type of system,” Yamiesha Bell, a national organizer with the Black Liberation Collective told The Guardian. “It was built for white men, it was built on stolen land, and it was built on the backs of black people and that’s important for us to realize when we talk about race on campus.” |
| 5.32pm GMT17:32 | 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. | 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 | "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. | And here’s more video from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. |
| Students march to Blue Wall pic.twitter.com/Gswby7pWqW | 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 |