Students protest at the University of Texas.
On campuses from New York to Texas to Miami to St. Louis, students this week joined other protestors to stage “die ins” on campus to demonstrate for the lives that have been lost.
“Die ins” are this generation’s sit-ins: students literally laid on the ground in areas of campus hoping to draw attention to the unlawful deaths of these two Black men at the hands of police officers.
Tiana Horn, a junior public policy and international comparative studies major at Duke University, said on her campus, students were solemn and angry, but she believes the point of the rallying theme that “Black Lives Matter” was made.
“We stand in solidarity with the family of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and all those who face injustice and that we will not apologize for our anger about the way Black lives are being treated,” said Horn, who noted that many non-Black demonstrators joined in to show their support as well.
At the University of Missouri Tuesday, however, one outlet is reporting that White students were asked not to join in the protest.
“We are asking that only people of color be the demonstrators to” participate in the die in, an instructional flyer said. “We are asking non-people of color to hold hands in solidarity.”
