Attention Attention All Fed Up Students of UTK, instead of BOF we’re going to Black it Out! Take pictures and tweet/post using the hashtags #BlackIstheNewOrange and #blackoUT. They won’t shut us up that easy
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Today, we heard from a #TN trailblazer, activist, & community leader Theotis Robinson Jr.
He was the 1st African American student to enroll at UT Knoxville.
He shared some powerful thoughts on a blackface photo circulating social media, believed to be UT students. #WATE
"We're getting out of the allocation business" says Matthew Scoggins. Administration will hold and distribute the money from Student Programming Fees. They haven't decided what the process will be for student input or recommendations to admins, but VC VC will have plan in June.
"We're getting out of the allocation business" says Matthew Scoggins. Administration will hold and distribute the money from Student Programming Fees. They haven't decided what the process will be for student input or recommendations to admins, but VC VC will have plan in June.
Why is blackfacing still a thing?
It’s 2019, a-holes. Cut. It. Out.
It’s not a prank. It’s not a joke. It’s not funny. It’s hate. That’s all it is. Pure and simple. It’s hate. And there’s absolutely zero excuse and zero place for it in civilized society.
The Board of Trustees is about to vote remove all references to SPAC and the 1971 origins of programming fees, leaving only Board/admin control of student programming fee funds. Pres Boyd says there will be a new process developed soon. 2:00 session vote.