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Student protesters at the University of Missouri asked white supporters to leave Wednesday night in order to create a “black only healing space.”
Steve Schmidt, an activist who was at the protest, tweeted that Concerned Student 1950 group were “asking white allies to leave.”
The University of Missouri’s student body vice president did not mince words when she used an appearance on MSNBC Wednesday to say journalists who claim to be exercising their First Amendment rights while reporting on the Mizzou protests are actually creating a “hostile” and “unsafe” environment.
Brenda Smith-Lezama, vice president of the Missouri Students Association, advocated for more “safe spaces” on campus to provide a place for “healing” for students.
Students form a perimeter around the #ConcernedStudent1950 tent village and ask media to leave. This is what civic-level censorship looks like at a university with the largest and oldest public college for journalism.
Tim Tai, a student photographer on freelance assignment for ESPN, was trying to take photos of a small tent city that protesters had created on a campus quad. Concerned Student 1950, an activist group that formed to push for increased awareness and action around racial issues on campus, did not want reporters near the encampment.
Protesters blocked Mr. Tai’s view and argued with him, eventually pushing him away. At one point, they chanted, “Hey hey, ho ho, reporters have got to go.”
“I am documenting this for a national news organization,” Mr. Tai told the protesters, adding that “the First Amendment protects your right to be here and mine.”
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As the video nears its end, the person taking the video, Mark Schierbecker, emerged from the scrum and approached a woman, later identified as an assistant professor of mass media, Melissa Click, close to the tents. When he revealed that he was a journalist, Ms. Click appeared to grab at his camera.
She then yelled, “Who wants to help me get this reporter out of here? I need some muscle over here.”
At another point in the video, Mr. Tai was also challenged by a university employee. Janna Basler, the director of Greek life and leadership on campus, approached Mr. Tai and, spreading her arms out, demanded that he “back off.”
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originally posted by: eluryh22
From Mommy & Me to Nursery School and now in Pre-K my kid has been in a very "diverse" class. The kids DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT RACE. Yes, they understand that some people have different skin tones and some people are tall or short and some people are skinny or fat....
originally posted by: angeldoll
Don't do this. If they feel they need private space and personal time, it's nobody's business but their own.
Let them have it in peace.
From literally the moment I found out my wife was pregnant (by way of a text that is another story on to itself)... I started making sure he would be in private school.
originally posted by: TheBulk
originally posted by: eluryh22
From Mommy & Me to Nursery School and now in Pre-K my kid has been in a very "diverse" class. The kids DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT RACE. Yes, they understand that some people have different skin tones and some people are tall or short and some people are skinny or fat....
Dont you worry, the education system will take care of that!
originally posted by: angeldoll
Don't do this. If they feel they need private space and personal time, it's nobody's business but their own.
Let them have it in peace.
originally posted by: eluryh22
This must be the gazillionth time I've written this...
You want to end Racism (real or perceived).... LEAVE IT ALONE!!!
From Mommy & Me to Nursery School and now in Pre-K my kid has been in a very "diverse" class. The kids DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT RACE. Yes, they understand that some people have different skin tones and some people are tall or short and some people are skinny or fat....
The truth of the matter is:
If you think that Race-X has been underserved and now you want to over-serve them... you are a racist.
If you think that anyone in the developed world can't make it on their own, with their own intellect, with their own effort... you are a racist.
originally posted by: angeldoll
Don't do this. If they feel they need private space and personal time, it's nobody's business but their own.
Let them have it in peace.
originally posted by: angeldoll
Don't do this. If they feel they need private space and personal time, it's nobody's business but their own.
Let them have it in peace.
originally posted by: IAMTAT
originally posted by: angeldoll
Don't do this. If they feel they need private space and personal time, it's nobody's business but their own.
Let them have it in peace.
History repeats itself...
Alabama 1950:
If they feel they need private drinking fountains, it's nobody's business but their own.
digitaldeconstruction.com...