A rock that students call a symbol of racism is removed from University of Wisconsin

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The Wisconsin Black Student Union last summer called for the rock to be removed as one of a series of demands it said were aimed at seeking justice for Black students. The campaign came in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

Chamberlin Rock, which had sat on Observatory Point since 1925, was named after Thomas Chamberlin, a geologist and former university president who served from 1887 to 1892.A 1925 Wisconsin State Journal article used the n-word as part of a nickname for the giant boulder.The Wisconsin Black Student Union last summer called for the rock to be removed from campus as one of a series of demands it said were aimed at seeking justice for Black students.

"It took courage and commitment for the Wisconsin Black Student Union to bring this issue forward and to influence change alongside UW's Wunk Sheek student leaders," Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor said in a news release. "In the midst of demands for justice following George Floyd's murder last summer, the students wanted change on campus and they worked hard to see this through.

 

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You can say that with a straight face?

China is getting stronger. Russia is getting stronger. And here we are getting offended over rocks.

42-ton rock, still not as dense as the people who think this is a) racist, b) money well spent

Ridiculous. It's a rock. People make it racist. Again, it's a rock.

This is hilarious. Now we know, even the rocks laying around you are racist!! Math, science, white people, rocks, capitalism, all racist!! I think the moon might even be a little racist! I demand it quits orbiting earth!!

🤣🤣🤣 Are they going to put it with Osama and Megatron out in the Ocean?

'What did I do?' - rock

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