Frozenprince
Banned
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...boycott-tim-wolfe-president-resigns/75399504/
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf...i-in-protest-of-administration-032149647.html
A complete timeline of events can be found, here:
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/n...cle_0c96f986-84c6-11e5-a38f-2bd0aab0bf74.html
Some choice quotes:
However, I feel like his quote at the end needs a dovetail, considering recent outrage today over comments he made while recorded on what, exactly, he believed institutional racism actually is:
http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/11/7/wolfe-student-protesters-meet-kansas-city/
Quote from the video that has people angry:
At this point the issue is gaining national traction. The last outright player strike was in 2013 when Grambling State players went on strike over unsanitary conditions in their facilities which caused a MRSA outbreak.
Personally, this whole situation seems yet again to be a bunch of entrenched bureaucrats in power that don't actually understand systemic racism.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf...i-in-protest-of-administration-032149647.html
A complete timeline of events can be found, here:
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/n...cle_0c96f986-84c6-11e5-a38f-2bd0aab0bf74.html
Some choice quotes:
More than 30 football players at the University of Missouri will not participate in any practices or games until Missouri System president Tim Wolfe resigns or is terminated. Several black team members announced their decision to strike on social media Saturday night and Missouri's Legion of Black Collegians posted a statement on behalf of the team with a picture of players unified in support of the boycott.
Wolfe's response to a series of racist incidents has been considered inadequate by many students who believe racism has poisoned the campus. A graduate student, Jonathan Butler, announced earlier in the week he was going on a hunger strike until Wolfe was removed. The most recent racist incident came Oct. 24 when a swastika was drawn with human feces on a college dorm's white wall.
In the 15 months since African-American teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., universities around the country have become home to protests. Missouri's campus in Columbia sits about two hours west of Ferguson.
Wolfe is the president for the Missouri System, which consists of four universities: University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou), University of Missouri-St. Louis, Missouri S&T and University of Missouri Kansas City. Missouri's chancellor is R. Bowen Loftin.
Wolfe issued a statement apologizing for his reaction at Missouri's homecoming parade when the ConcernedStudent1950 group approached his car. "My behavior seemed like I did not care. That was not my intention. I was caught off guard in the moment," he wrote. "I am asking us to move forward in addressing the racism that exists at our university — and it does exist."
However, I feel like his quote at the end needs a dovetail, considering recent outrage today over comments he made while recorded on what, exactly, he believed institutional racism actually is:
http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/11/7/wolfe-student-protesters-meet-kansas-city/
Quote from the video that has people angry:
“Systematic oppression is because you don’t believe that you have the equal opportunity for success,” Wolfe said in response to a student’s question Friday night.
At this point the issue is gaining national traction. The last outright player strike was in 2013 when Grambling State players went on strike over unsanitary conditions in their facilities which caused a MRSA outbreak.
Personally, this whole situation seems yet again to be a bunch of entrenched bureaucrats in power that don't actually understand systemic racism.