South Carolina Court Clears 'Friendship Nine' Of Civil Rights Crimes in 1961.
They don’t want us to know all social issues,
political issues, violence, government changes, and etc. that are happening in
America.
The revolution is amongst us and is looking for power
players. We won't be silenced because these are issues that people don't want
us to talk about.
The gut feeling in me speaks that college kids are
aware of the killings among police officers to black people. More specifically,
white cop vs. black teenagers. The term “Black Lives Matter” was documented
after George Zimmerman was let off the hook for a crime he committed on
17-year-old Trayvon Martin which is why these problems – 1960s civil-rights – never left.
17-year-old Trayvon Martin which is why these problems – 1960s civil-rights – never left.
Student activism, black students on American college
campuses, has brushed the matter of ethnic stiffness from recent weeks, but
perhaps not this fall semester. There are students in higher education, such as
Sam Houston State University NAACP student Angelique Price, who understand that
college is not only to educate students but to enlighten and align them in the
role they will play in society. It’s never a problem until it happens to you….right?
This is the problem in America and the University of Missouri is living a real
life horror story right now. They are experiencing the civil rights movement at
first hand.
“The president of the school made $20 million strictly
off of his football team alone,” said Xavier Banks, a passionate Texas A&M
University–Kingsville student. “Over ¾ of the athletes on scholarships are
black, and once they rebelled against the president, the school caught amnesia
and became known as “hometown heroes.”
Angelique also dropped knowledge on what is going on
with college campuses.
“The issues that have been playing out for years
under our little collegiate noses have come to a head like a bad pimple,” Price
said. “We protest and we take stands but we won't be silenced because these are
issues that people don't want us talking about. The revolution is amongst us
and is looking for power players--activists to do the field work, and advocates
taking the smart business side.”
The thing about college is that you find yourself
and you go through things you never been through.
Que Wayne, founder of New Perspective Development
community outreach organization, gave an opinion on the problem with college
students protesting. “The point of college is to find your purpose of life,” Wayne
said. “College is the prime of your life and you’re going to leach your way
through or fight for it. College is a good platform for resources.”
Everybody has access to different technologies. In
the real world, you can’t pick up a camera from the mass communications
department and turn it in after you use it. Everything is given to the student
in college.
“College is a chain reaction,” Wayne said. “When one
college starts to protest, then more schools take the same stand. We approach
or stand towards the issue. One half of the students are on the bandwagon side trying
to leach and the other half is really upset about the reality of what’s going
on.”
Fresh college students – from every race and class –
are either followers or leaders. Either they take a stand on an issue and stand
up against it or continue to seek higher education that their parents instilled
in them since being in their school lives. The ones leaching their way through
the protests and actions on campus could come from different backgrounds as the
ones who are actually touched about the battles blacks are facing.
Students at Sam Houston State University protest in 2015.
Rev. Jesse Jackson wasn’t afraid to speak out on the
recent issue on Laquan McDonald’s death. Don’t hold your tongue… close mouths
don’t get fed!
Parents of these college students will always think
their generation was better. But in reality, these college kids are smarter
than what is being interpreted. From over 50 years, college students have been
leading marches, voter-registration drives, and various protest movements.
Pointing
out the black students and showing them ways to attack disparities are the
future of our generation.
