A round 40 students from the black community and some allies gathered in “Black is Me! Black is Us! Black is Them!”, “Holla Back? I Gotchya Back!”, “What do Quarry Plaza at 1 p.m. on Wednesday to stand in solidarity with the students at we want?...
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A round 40 students from the black community and some allies gathered in “Black is Me! Black is Us! Black is Them!”, “Holla Back? I Gotchya Back!”, “What do Quarry Plaza at 1 p.m. on Wednesday to stand in solidarity with the students at we want? Representation! When do we want it? Now!” were some of the chants that the University of Missouri. At Mizzou, students have faced a history of racially drew more crowds to Quarry Plaza as students continued to protest. Tommi Hayes and charged incidents at the predominantly white university. It also served as a another student organizer stood in the middle of the circle leading chants and telling national call of action to all UCs. The protesters, dressed in all black, held signs that stories of micro- and macroaggressions they have faced at UCSC. said, among other things, “Black Lives Still Matter,” “Santa Cruz Hates My Blackness” The protesters’ demands included a 1.5 percent increase in black male student and “Black Queer Lives Matter Too.” a
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