University of South Carolina protests begin.

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Demands for Our 2020 Vision

1) We demand that our university acknowledge that this institution was built on the backs of enslaved Africans. Further, we expect that this acknowledgement is included in tours, especially areas like the garden directly behind the president’s house where slaves were once housed. This acknowledgement should be reflected in markers on historic buildings. Additionally, we expect that the university will raise the plaque marking the AAAS tree to increase its visibility.

2) We demand that our university improve and expand minority recruitment efforts in order to increase racial diversity on our campus. We call for the creation of a minority scholars program through the South Carolina Honors College.

3) We demand that our university provide gender neutral housing and restrooms that are accessible and convenient. We call for our university to create a streamlined process for changing gender markers and names within university databases and records. We require that university personnel use personal gender pronouns as indicated by the individual. Additionally, we ask that our university provide informed, comprehensive health and mental health care that meets the specific needs of transgender students and ensure that all health and mental health care providers are competent on transgender issues.

4) We demand that our university acknowledge gender identity and expression as protected classes under Title IX.

5) We demand that a transparent and independent investigation be launched into the following university administrators: the Executive Assistant to the President for Equal Opportunity Programs; the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Academic Support, Student Life and Development; and the Vice President for Student Affairs, Vice Provost and Dean of Students.

6) We demand that our university increase the funding allocated to the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs. Additionally, we require that OMSA be housed in a new cultural center that celebrates all identities. As campus continues to grow, it is imperative that support for all students continues to grow.

7) We demand that our university increase funding for the Counseling Center, so that there are more available appointments and more appointments provided free of charge to each student.

8) We demand that all faculty and staff, especially those who engage students on a regular basis, participate in a mandatory diversity training provided by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. This training should be intersectional and representative of a wide variety of identity groups.

9) We demand that our university institute a policy of transparency through data collection and dissemination on the topics of admissions and enrollment, campus sexual assault, sexual harassment, and hazing by providing existing statistics in a communicable way and conducting new research to better identify its problems on campus.

10) We demand that our university provide a social justice minor and cognate to expand its current offerings to undergraduate students.

11) We demand that the Office of Student Disability Services be renamed the Office of Accessibility and Accommodation Services. Additionally, we call for the advancement of student knowledge of this office through new student orientation, residence life, the counseling center, psychiatric services, and student health services.

12) We demand that USC Homecoming be restructured to accurately reflect and celebrate the various communities and cultures that exist and continue to grow within our campus, our alumni, and our community. As it stands, Homecoming is just for some, but we all want something to come home to.
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I didn't think it was possible, but a minor in "social justice" may be less valuable than one in gender studies.
 
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USC students call for greater campus diversity | The State

Spokeswomen for the protest group said several online attacks against African-American students have made them feel unsafe on campus but offered few specifics beyond citing comments on social media. After the protest, a spokeswoman for the protestors, Morgan Lewis, mentioned remarks posted on the social media app Yik Yak that allows anonymous comments.
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Read more here: USC students call for greater campus diversity | The State
 
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The world is over forever, I didn't win the lottery. Nevermind I didn't play.
 
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FLVOL69 said:
We didn't have a racist potus in office back then either.
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I am not sure that we have had a potus as racist as this one since Jefferson Davis or maybe even back to Andrew Jackson.

Edit: Make that Pres, instead of POTUS.
 
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Some of it is good, some of it not so much. Changing the name of the office of Disability Services is a good thing imo. The only people who view what these people experience as disabilities are those without them. It's a simple change that shows immense respect.
 
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Improving recruitment tactics, or however it was worded, seems good to me as well. I know UT sent recruiters to my HS, as well as many more. If they're seeing that SC is disproportionately sending college recruiters to affluent areas as opposed to less fortunate ones, then that should be addressed.
 
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Carl Pickens said:
From the looks of this.... They don't really have a lot to be beachin' about

Demographics and Facts - Office of Diversity and Inclusion | University of South Carolina
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It's crazy to look at the school's demographics compared to the state's demographics with relation to the US as a whole. It's almost identical.

In the US as a whole, whites are 63%, blacks are 12%. In SC, whites are 68%, blacks are 28%. Then at the school, whites are 64% while blacks are 28%.
 
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Carl Pickens said:
From the looks of this.... They don't really have a lot to be beachin' about

Demographics and Facts - Office of Diversity and Inclusion | University of South Carolina
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What are you talking about? They are clearly discriminating against the "No Response" citizens of South Carolina. No Response people are a proud and vibrant group that deserve for their rich cultural contributions to the fabric of the state of South Carolina be recognized. These concerned students should lead a hunger strike until the university president resigns and admits his "response privilege". #noresponselivesmatter
 
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