Local Missouri NAACP Chapter Opens Up Discrimination Hotline In Wake Of Mizzou

I am walking out because when my white mother was kicked out of college for dating my black father, our family had about a million dollars of earning potential stolen from us, and the bill is due.

Also in the past week, leading candidates for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations to succeed Mr Obama have weighed in on the protest movement – the Democrats sympathetically and the Republicans critically. On Monday, none of the students said that he or she plans to resign, which would possibly kick of a lengthy impeachment process.

Jordan’s thoughts were echoed by third-year student Kenya Hilton, who shared why she joined the movement.

That’s what’s happening at Columbia right now, according to the NY Post: Columbia student activists are pestering peers to attend campus protests and walk-outs in solidarity with college students at Missouri and Yale or risk social isolation, students say. Typically conservative, they oftentimes fail to take action and become uncommonly indolent in the face of serious issues affecting their students. It’s an issue in towns and communities nationwide.

UNG spokeswoman Kate ME said personnel had discussed the events and fallout in Missouri, but no formal talks have yet taken place to address similar concerns locally.

Conversations surrounding race on campus have surged in recent years – or perhaps they’re getting more national media attention and the vision of students at the forefront have more viable outlets. At Mizzou, activists claimed that failing to deal with “structural racism” was harming their education. It keeps you from doing your work. The committee registered a 6-to-3 “no confidence” vote Friday for the three leaders.

Six students at Monday’s event held a butcher-paper sign reading, “SMU stands in solidarity with Mizzou”. “They not only got their student body but the administration to be on their side because they all saw how important the issue was”.

“First I was very happy that people knew about it and that people cared about it, but then I was like, ‘What else can we do?'” Jackson said.

“I want you also to be able to listen … I believe I can relate to a lot of these stories to a degree”.

Although the culprit was arrested in Rolla, 90 miles south of Mizzou’s Columbia campus, and despite heightened security, many students were too afraid to venture out of their homes or residential halls, and a few faculty even canceled classes.

Maiya Putman, director of student activities for the Missouri Students Association, said Head is generally “well-liked and well-received” by students, citing his involvement in social justice issues. That action is now having silent repercussions across the board in the U.S. where college athletics is a huge revenue earner among universities, all of which are now experiencing financial downturn. “Right now the problem that people are focused on is just the all black one”. Protestors shouted angrily, “We will not continue to be called n*****s on this campus!” For most people, college was an opportunity to push the envelope.

Gay said the millennial generation is more accepting of diversity.

“Being involved on campus can change the world on and off campus”, Shelton said.

“Asking them to step down is looking for a breath of fresh air, looking for a new source of leadership”, he said. They helped change history.

An African-American football player, who discussed his experiences with me via email and who has asked to remain anonymous, recounts how hard it was for him to move from his hometown to a school in New England. They’ve been coddled by parents who themselves were ruined by a nascent philosophy of permissiveness. I suspect Michael Middleton can relate to the student grievances. “It’s made me sort of start paying attention to those things more”. But if public colleges will not answer first to the public, they’re not worth their tax expense – unless, of course, their main objective is just as Groucho suggested.

We could debate all day that Butler put himself in this situation, that he willingly chose to enter a hunger strike, and that he could end his suffering at anytime he saw fit.