Student protesters at the University of Missouri asked white supporters to leave Wednesday night in order to create a “black only healing space.” Give me a break. Everyone was there for support- so why separate the groups?
Steve Schmidt, an activist who was at the protest, tweeted that Concerned Student 1950 group were “asking white allies to leave.”
#ConceredStudent1950 is dividing into seven groups,They're asking white allies to leave #ConcernedStudent1950 pic.twitter.com/dmIQMSx6Jy
— Steve Schmidt (@_SteveSchmidt_) November 12, 2015
Prominent Black Lives Matter activist Johnetta Elzie seemingly confirmed those with Caucasian skin were asked to leave the area, tweeting that the group had created a “black only healing space for the students to share, decompress, be vulnerable & real.”
Black only healing space for the students to share, decompress, be vulnerable & real. #ConcernedStudent1950 pic.twitter.com/TGr2b8UBhg
— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) November 12, 2015
KOMU-TV reporter Jared Koller tweeted that white individuals were in another group upstairs.
6 groups are led by original #ConcernedStudent1950 leaders with white participants in another group upstairs @mutv23 pic.twitter.com/R450CNMFYw
— Jared Koller (@J_Koll) November 12, 2015
The news comes after the Concerned Student 1950 group had blasted the “white media” earlier this week for not “respecting black spaces.”
Because that seems totally fair, right? Why is reverse racism being condoned and white allies shunned? If you are looking for sympathy towards your cause, you aren’t likely to get any if you ostracize those trying to help – I’m just sayin’
Written by Katie McGuire. Send your hate mail to the author at katiefmcguire@gmail.com, or feel free to mean tweet me at @GOPKatie, where I will be sure to do very little about it.