US colleges protest against racism in solidarity with black students at University of Missouri

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Yale students participate in a “March of Resilience” on Monday, November, 9, 2015.

University students across the US will hold protests this week against racism on college campuses, prompted by protests over the rising number of racist incidents against black students at the University of Missouri.

Peaceful marches and walkouts have been held or are planned at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York and Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

A crowd of more than 1,000 gathered peacefully at the Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale University for a "March of Resilience," in solidarity with black students at the University of Missouri located in Columbia, Missouri.

A walkout is also planned at Ithaca College "for all the injustices students of color face on this campus and other colleges nationally," a student group called People of Color at the private university announced on its Facebook page.

Ithaca president Tom Rochon, like former University of Missouri president Timothy Wolfe, has been under fire for ignoring racially sensitive incidents on campus.

"With the University of Missouri's president stepping down, we demand Rochon do the same," the group said on Facebook.

Students at Smith College, a women's private school, plan a similar walkout on Wednesday. Some schools, like the University of Michigan, are taking preventive steps to address racial inequality..

However, none of those protests have yet reached the intensity of demonstrations at Missouri, where hundreds of students and teachers have protested what they see as soft handling of reports of racial abuse on campus.

Shortly after, Wolfe announced he would step down as president of the university on Monday.

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Students began protests at the university on September 24. Many of the protests have been led by a student organization called Concerned Student 1950, which gets its name from the year the college accepted its first African American student.

Students have pointed to several recent events on campus that underscore a hostile environment for black students. Student government president Payton Head, who is black, said in September that people in a passing pickup truck shouted racial slurs at him.

The protests come more than a year after a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, sparking widespread demonstrations across the US.

Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, is about 116 miles (186 km) from the University of Missouri campus in Columbia.

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Ithaca College students organize 'solidarity walkout' protesting racially-charged incidents on campus
BY Leonard Greene
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Thursday, November 12, 2015, 9:21 AM

Hundreds of Ithaca College students walked out of class Wednesday to protest series of racially-charged incidents on campus.

Following the lead of University of Missouri students, the Ithaca protesters demanded the resignation of college president Tom Rochon, who was accused of ignoring a tense racial climate at the Upstate New York campus.

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Students and faculty with the group People of Color at Ithaca College organized the "solidarity walkout."


Students and faculty with the group People of Color at Ithaca College organized the "solidarity walkout."

"Diversity and inclusion here at Ithaca College is nothing more than an image," student Tyler Reighn shouted to the crowd from a megaphone. "We have no desire to work within this broken structure."

Tensions flared last month when students say a prominent alumnus made racially-insensitive remarks to another speaker on a panel at a campus event.


Happening NOW on the Ithaca College campus #POCatIC pic.twitter.com/pfypG70JY1

— Ann Marie Adams (@SCMornings) November 11, 2015


Students said they were shocked when administrators did nothing to interrupt or address the remarks.

Instead, Rochon released a statement four days later.

“The college cannot prevent the use of hurtful language on campus,” the statement said.

“Such language, intentional or unintentional, exists in the world and will seep into our community. We can't promise that the college will never host a speaker who could say something racist, homophobic, misogynistic, or otherwise disrespectful."

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Public safety officers have also made offensive remarks, according to members of the student government associations.

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Ithaca College students write messages of protest on the college free-speech board in Ithaca, New York.


Students were also up in arms about a racially-tinged party invite from a fraternity.

College spokesman David Maley said Rochon attended a portion of the walkout protest to listen and "to speak if asked by the students.".

Rochon also announced the hiring of a "chief diversity officer" to "improve our campus's racial climate and build a culture that lives up to its values of civility, mutual respect, and justice."

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Tensions flared last month when students say a prominent alumnus made racially-insensitive remarks to another speaker on a panel at a campus event.


Roger Richardson, associate provost for diversity, inclusion, and engagement, will serve in an acting role for this position until it has been filled, the college said.

Meanwhile in a statement Tom Grape, chair of the college's Board of Trustees, expressed his support for Rochon.

"We understand that the issues are serious and significant, and we are listening," said Grape. "I am certain that Ithaca College will emerge from this chapter stronger and more resolute in its direction forward, and the board and I are actively partnering with Tom Rochon and other campus leaders to make sure that happens."
 
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