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A special thanks to Jonathan Butler, the graduate student on a seven day hunger strike - his protest galvanized everyone else.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/black-us-student-goes-on-hunger-strike-after-swastika-drawn-with-human-faeces-a6726151.html
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The swastika appeared overnight, drawn with human faeces on a college dorms brand new white wall.
But the racial tension had been brewing for months.
Once ranked among the best places to live in America, Columbia has witnessed a flurry of racist incidents in recent months, culminating with the swastika scrawled in excrement on Oct. 24.
Now a graduate student says he is on a hunger strike and is willing to die unless the schools president steps down.
My body feels like its on fire, Jonathan L. Butler, 25, told The Washington Post on Thursday night, four days into his one-man protest. I have pain all over. Im exhausted. Of course, Im hungry. Ive got an ongoing headache.
Butler said he was just drinking water no multivitamins, no painkillers until University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe steps down. Butler and other black students blame Wolfe for what they say is the schools failure to address the rising tide of racism on campus.
evlbstrd
(11,205 posts)University of Missouri.
MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)or those of us in the Midwest, Mizzou.
But I didn't want to further muddy the waters.
Mo.
malaise
(269,239 posts)monmouth4
(9,711 posts)malaise
(269,239 posts)Get up Stand up Stand up for your rights!!!
Vinca
(50,322 posts)No football, no $$$$$$$, somebody's got to go.