University of Missouri students defaced the campus statue of “racist raper” Thomas Jefferson on Campus.
Students are waking up! #PostYourStateOfMind http://t.co/YCw9BPGOYP https://t.co/m2UBuasV6k https://t.co/Zt8hOl0gY2 pic.twitter.com/weL9WNT0iy
— Maxwell (@MaxHPF) October 7, 2015
The students want the statue of the author of the Declaration of Independence to be removed from campus.
It’s offensive.
The College Fix reported:
Some students at the University of Missouri have called on administrators to remove a statue of founding father Thomas Jefferson, suggesting in a petition and during a recent protest that the campus sculpture is offensive, oppressive, and celebrates a “racist rapist.”
“Thomas Jefferson’s statue sends a clear nonverbal message that his values and beliefs are supported by the University of Missouri. Jefferson’s statue perpetuates a sexist-racist atmosphere that continues to reside on campus,” states the Change.org petition. “…Removing Jefferson’s statue alone will not eliminate the racial problems we face in America today, but it will help cure the emotional and psychological strain of history.”
The petition was launched two months ago by student Maxwell Little, who told the Missourian he and his peers were inspired in part by the success of the removal of the Jefferson Davis statue from the University of Texas.
To drum up support for their effort, the students last week held a protest of JeffersonProtestsorts under the hashtag #postyourstateofmind that targeted the statue, and “throughout the day, students covered the Jefferson statue … with sticky notes displaying messages such as, ‘racist,’ ‘rapist,’ ‘slave owner’ and ‘misogynist,’” the Missourian reports.
#LoftinCantExplain The statues on campus that perpetuate institutionalized RACIST-SEXIST TERROR #EnoughIsEnough https://t.co/m2UBuabjHK
— Maxwell (@MaxHPF) September 24, 2015
The offended students defaced the statue in protest.
#postyourstateofmind #racismliveshere #showmestateofmind @bowtieger @umcurators @UMPrez @MaxHPF pic.twitter.com/f7XOjdEJhM
— Mizzou Student (@MizzouSCCA) October 7, 2015
