#StudentBlackOut demonstrations planned from Yale to MizzouDay of action follows protests over racism issues at University of MissouriStudents demand diversity training,resignations and more faculty of color 9.19pm GMTHere’s a peer at some of the actions today, as we close out The Guardian’s liveblog of #StudentBlackOut protests across the country.
Demonstrations gathered at preeminent institutions such as Harvard, or Tufts and Princeton,and state schools such as Towson University alike. Students protested what activists saw as institutional racism. 8.45pm GMTStudents at Tufts University beget just walked out of class. There, students beget used the hashtag #thethreepercent to highlight the school’s percentage of black students. Just 4% of Tufts students are black, and only 84% graduate after six years (known as a retention rate),the lowest of any ethnicity at the school. As a point of comparison, 94% of white students at Tufts graduate after six years, or according to the National middle for Education Statistics. BREAKING: Tufts students walk out of classes for #StudentBlackOut. Follow for live #thethreepercent coverage. #TuftsWithTheThreeContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com