*Syracuse University suspended around 30 student-protesters who continued to occupy an administrative building after hours in response to several racist incidents.
The administration has reportedly failed to properly handle numerous racist disturbances on campus. Instead, they have threatened to suspend the Black students who are demanding administrators take action.
Via CNN:
#NotAgainSU, a black student-led movement at Syracuse University, launched a sit-in Monday afternoon citing the administration’s handling of previous and recent racist incidents on campus.
The organization says Monday’s sit-in at the school’s admissions building is “a necessary response to the administration’s failure to address and denounce racism, xenophobia, homophobia, anti-Semitism, white supremacy and other oppressive systems present on Syracuse University’s campus,” according to the statement.
#NotAgainSU‘s recent demands include punishments for students involved in bias incidents, the creation of more diversity initiatives and the resignation of administrators for their response to the incidents. If the administrators don’t resign by February 21, the student group says, “escalated action will take place.”
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This is bad, real bad y’all.
Syracuse University just handed our suspension notices to students staging a sit in.
To date, no student has been reprimanded for the hate crimes during the fall semester but students have been reprimanded for demanding better
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— zellie (@zellieimani) February 18, 2020
The university said it has taken steps to tackle “some of the most pressing issues relative to climate, safety, curriculum, multicultural living, health and wellness and anti-bias training.”
“Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, administrators and trustees have been working respectfully and collaboratively over the last several months to effect urgent, lasting and meaningful change,” according to the university’s statement.
So far, 30 students have received interim suspensions.
“Students who were issued interim suspensions and live in a campus residence hall or south campus apartment may remain in their campus residence and use campus dining centers,” the university added.
“Officials insisted students were not being suspended for protesting, but for violating the Campus Disruption Policy,” per syracuse.com.
“Though we continue to support peaceful demonstration and the free and respectful exchange of ideas, at this time, we must enforce established policies that help maintain an environment that fosters sensitivity, understanding and respect for all 22,000 students in our community, as well as our faculty, staff and visitors,” said Keith Alford, chief diversity and inclusion officer, and Robert Hradsky, vice president for the student experience, in the email.
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