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An intersectional coalition of concerned students, faculty, and staff who support diversity & inclusion at UT. #UnitedForStudents #UTDiversityMatters

 Knoxville, TN
Joined December 2015
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One of our first initiatives has been to create a list of demands in order to increase student access to basic needs on our campus. We are hoping they will be met by the end of the semester. Stay tuned as we post more specifics about each demand!
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Hello! We are a new student coalition at the university of Tennessee—Students Protecting Student Funding. You might be familiar with SPSF, the process used to allocate funds for programming. We are comprised of students orgs who want a better funding system and student-run
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CommissionforBlacks@COMMBLKS4 Mar 2019
In instances of racism and bigotry, the Commission for Blacks stand with our Black students, faculty, and staff!
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Orlando Walls@DigThatO8 Mar 2019
Replying to @UTBlackAlumni
@UTBlackAlumni stands with our students ✊🏿
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Mindset Coach Rob@__UncleRob8 Mar 2019
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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Wes Rucker
@wesruckerTBA6 Mar 2019
A lot of people will be mad at those protesting students without stopping to ask them what they’re upset about in the first place, which is unfortunate.
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Wes Rucker
@wesruckerTBA6 Mar 2019
There will be news stories about that tonight. Right now I’m gonna cover the game. But those students are protesting racism. And they have more than enough evidence to back up their case. But I’m covering the game right now.
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Wes Rucker
@wesruckerTBA6 Mar 2019
That’s how nonviolent protests work. You pick times and places where people will see you. But, again, I’m gonna cover the game right now.
Trey (@VolsTrey) profile pictureTrey@VolsTrey6 Mar 2019
Replying to @wesruckerTBA
I could give 2 shits what they are upset about. Not the correct time or place.
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Mustafa Ali-Smith@mustafaalismith6 Mar 2019
I go to a university where people tell me that I should be lined up and shot for protesting... @ACLU – at Knoxville, TN
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.@jdenny27 can’t delete screenshots :)
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Steph@abitsarcastic5 Mar 2019
As a @tennalum I am SUPER DISAPPOINTED in this response. Perhaps so much so that I will rethink giving to the @UTKnoxville fund. As an attorney and a person with access to @Google I know that hate speech is not protected in the constitution. #failed
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Vice Chancellor Carilli on the blackface incident: “I would be hard pressed to expel a student over exercising their First amendment right.”
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Steph@abitsarcastic5 Mar 2019
Replying to @tennalum
@tennalum @TNAlumnus All ALUMS: Please take notice of @utDivMatters response to the blackface incident. Giving to @UTKnoxville is supporting this position. This is a weak position unbecoming of our school. #MoneyTalks
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syd@helpfulBacteria5 Mar 2019
I would be hard-pressed to support an administrator that doesn't support minority students. – at Knoxville, TN
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Vice Chancellor Carilli on the blackface incident: “I would be hard pressed to expel a student over exercising their First amendment right.”
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eddie@eddiefubar5 Mar 2019
This means that UT admins either 1. fail to comprehend why blackface is wrong or 2. just agree with the students in blackface anyway #DontCometoUT
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Vice Chancellor Carilli on the blackface incident: “I would be hard pressed to expel a student over exercising their First amendment right.”
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It’s truly astounding how often people use the first amendment in any context to justify literally anything
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Vice Chancellor Carilli on the blackface incident: “I would be hard pressed to expel a student over exercising their First amendment right.”
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JD • they/them@jd_occasionally5 Mar 2019
Cool so how much money did Ethan Feick and his racist friends pay @UTKnoxville to get them to call black face, and racist speech a first amendment right. My friends at this institution deserve JUSTICE! Can someone please open up a case against this school!
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Vice Chancellor Carilli on the blackface incident: “I would be hard pressed to expel a student over exercising their First amendment right.”
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Susie Carmichael@kaaylynese5 Mar 2019
Where are going to stop using the first amendment as an excuse for racism?
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Vice Chancellor Carilli on the blackface incident: “I would be hard pressed to expel a student over exercising their First amendment right.”
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duh rail@_djdurel4 Mar 2019
willing to protect racists with the lame justification of the first amendment that was created by racist whites in the first place. 😒 disgusted and disappointed, definitely not surprised – at Knoxville, TN
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Vice Chancellor Carilli on the blackface incident: “I would be hard pressed to expel a student over exercising their First amendment right.”
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Troy Provost-Heron@Troy_Provost4 Mar 2019
I become less proud of my alma mater with every passing day, it seems.
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Vice Chancellor Carilli on the blackface incident: “I would be hard pressed to expel a student over exercising their First amendment right.”
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azura@onecalledazura4 Mar 2019
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT IS GOING ON AT UT?????
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Vice Chancellor Carilli on the blackface incident: “I would be hard pressed to expel a student over exercising their First amendment right.”
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