Student protests in US blast America’s racial injustice
Student protests against racism and debt are spreading across the United States following racial tensions at the University of Missouri.
Thousands of students took part in walkouts and rallies on college campuses across on Thursday in a show of solidarity with protesters at the University of Missouri.
Many young black people spoke of a subtle and pervasive brand of racism that does not make headlines but can nevertheless have a corrosive effect, according to the Associated Press.
Students at some colleges have also presented administrators with lists of demands in recent days, inspired by those of the protesters at Missouri, who brought down the university president and chancellor this week over what they saw as a sluggish response to racial slurs and other incidents on campus.
Protesters at certain schools, such as the University of Michigan, said the Missouri case has emboldened them to take a harder stance against administrators if they do not keep their promises.
Earlier, student demonstrators at the Ithaca College in New York and Smith College in Massachusetts walked out of their classes in protest over rampant racial injustice and demanded changes in campus leadership.
US students have also held rallies on college campuses to protest against tuition fees and student debt.
The demonstrations, dubbed the Million Student March, were planned at more than 100 colleges and universities. The movement's organizers said in a statement that education should be free, demanding a cancellation of all student debt and a 15-dollar-an-hour minimum wage for campus workers.
The rallies come as the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the total volume of student loan debt is about one-point-two trillion dollars. The bureau said most students find it hard to keep up with the repayments.
The latest racial protests were triggered by tensions at the US University of Missouri after dozens of its African-American football players recently threatened to leave team activities until the school president Tim Wolfe was removed. Wolfe stepped down later amid protests over his handling of racial complaints.
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