Evergreen State College Racism Protests
Overview
Evergreen State College Racism Protests refer to a series of demonstrations organized by students at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in late May 2017 to protest racism on campus. After refusing to participate in the “Day of Absence & Day of Presence,” which demanded that white students, faculty and staff leave campus for one day, Biology professor Bret Weinstein was targeted by activists who accused him of racism and demanded his resignation.
Background
On March 15th, 2017, Weinstein sent an email to a student protester named Rashida, in which he stated "On a college campus, one's right to speak -- or to be -- must never be based on skin color" (shown below).
On May 24th, students at the college protested at various locations on campus, where they shouted chants like "hey hey, ho ho, these racist teachers have got to go." During the protest, the official Facebook page for the The Olympian newspaper livestreamed portions of the demonstration (shown below).
That same day, a student livestreamed protesters arguing with Professor Weinstein in a campus hallway, during which several students ordered him to resign.[2]
Developments
Online Reaction
That day, Professor Weinstein's brother Eric Weinstein posted several tweets criticizing "SJWs" for attacking his brother (shown below).
On May 25th, YouTuber Make Cringe Great Again uploaded a video of students yelling loudly at Professor Weinstein (shown below).
That day, student activists and supporters of Professor Weinstein began tweeting about the protests using the hashtag "#exposeevergreen."[7] Meanwhile, evolutuionary psychologist Diana Fleischman posted screenshots of tweets by Evergreen College Students threatening and insulting white students who did not participate in the protests (shown below).[4]
On May 26th, Redditor Galinskykid83 submitted a video by the Evergreen State College group Common Bread in a post to /r/videos[3] titled "Evergreen State College group looks like it's a sketch from Portlandia." Within 15 hours, the post gained over 840 points (89% upvoted) and 390 comments. The original upload of the video was subsequently removed, but was reuploaded by YouTuber mscarpss (shown below).
News Media Coverage
On May 25th, The Washington Times[5] published an article titled "Students berate professor who refused to participate in no-white 'Day of Absence'," which reported that students had taken over Evergreen College for the past 72 hours. Meanwhile, the local Washington news station King 5[8] aired a segment on the protests against Weinstein, noting that earlier in the school year Weinstein had raised conecrns about proposed hiring policy changes that "would have race play a larger role in the hiring process" (shown below).
Also on May 25th, HeatStreet[6] published an article titled "Student Mob Shrieks at Professor Who Objected to Event That Kicks White People Off Campus for a Day." The following day, The Washington Post[1] published an interview with Weinstein, in which he revealed that he had been told by the Chief of Police that it was "not safe" for him on campus. The following day, Weinstein appared as a guest on Tucker Carlson Tonight (shown below).
Additional Videos
On May 27th, 2017, YouTuber bestof evergreen posted a compilation of videos taken during the protests titled "Student takeover of Evergreen State College" (shown below). Within 72 hours, the video gained over 500,000 views and 2,500 comments. In the coming days, the video reached the front page of the /r/PublicFreakout,[9] /r/KotakuInAction[10] and /r/The_Donald[11] subreddits.
On May 28th, YouTuber Mitchollow uploaded footage of student activists demanding extensions for their courseworks without penalty to college president George Bridges (shown below). That day, The College Fix reported that Evergreen student activists sent a demand to President Bridges that the admnistration take down the "Student takeover of Evergreen State College" video, referring to it as footage "stolen by white supremacists and edited to expose and ridicule the students."
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External References
[1] The Washington Post – Professor told hes not safe on campus
[2] Facebook – Blake Vincent
[3] Reddit – Evergreen State College group looks like its a sketch from Portlandia
[4] Twitter – sentientist
[5] The Washington Times – Students berate professor who refused to participate in no-whites Day of Absence
[6] HeatStreet – Student Mob Shrieks at Professor Who Objected to Event That Kicks White People Off Campus for a Day
[7] Twitter – #exposeevergreen
[8] King 5 – Professor told hes not safe on campus after college
[9] Reddit – /r/PublicFreakout
[10] Reddit – /r/KotakuInAction
[11] Reddit – /r/The_Donald
[12] CollegeFix – Madness regins at Evergreen
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Nooody fee unsafe bir weinstein. he asys brandishing don't think it was for a pickup game en rious Secondly, I'm glad this dude got some money Evergreen is probably going to have a lough tme paying it seeing as theyre already facing a 2.1 milion dollar budget shorttall due to lack of enrolment.I guess leting your students threaten beachers and iot on campus ien't a super great marketing stratogy](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/001/297/712/c6d.png "Evergreen State College's $500,000 settlement")
![archive.is Evergreen State College administrators finally tell SJWs their action... D gismine lastsonlost A Friday memo emailed from Washington's Evergreen State College's administrators to the student body said that actions taken by the social justice advocates over the last few months including intimidation and prohibition of egress from school areas-have been illegal and could result in criminal charges.According to The College Fix, Vice President for Student Affairs Wendy Endress wrote in a July 14 memo that recent events by social justice warrior students have tarnished Evergreen State College's reputation to the point that Furthermore, Endress noted that Washington s to phase out public funding for Evergreen, turning the college into a private entity According to the College Fix in early June state Rep. Matt Manweller introduced House Bill 2221, and state Sen. Phil Fortunato introduced sister legislation Senate Bill 5946. The bills would remove funding from Evergreen, and "give it to the UW engineering program, STEM programs, math, [and] science," according a KIRO interview with Manweller on June 8."Let's spend the money on a credible degree rather than a social justice, victimization, woe-is-me, I want reparations, pseudo-science they are teaching at Evergreen," Manweller told KIRO. When this bill passes, they can still feed each other all the Marxist nonsense they want, they just won't be able to do it with money from my constituents unless my constituents choose to donate to it- which I doubt," Fortunato told on June 4.In Endress' memo, she listed two incidents in particular as their "greatest concern." On May 23, a sizable group approached the classroom where faculty member Bret Weinstein was leading his academic program, Hacking Human Nature. The group interrupted the program and others held in the same building, shouted for Weinstein to resign, and blocked Evergreen law enforcement officers who were responding to a call about the situation.On May 24, some Evergreen employees working in the Library felt trapped in the building due to protestors blocking exits and office doors; some employees reported being stopped in the parking lot and on the roadway, questioned, and detained in their vehicles, and more than one individual reported being followed and their freedom of movement hindered Endress' memo went on to warn students that intimidation, and obstructing people from leaving is "criminal," and may result in charges, College Fix reported."In the future, individuals could be charged with crimes including obstructing law enforcement, disorderly conduct, criminal mischief, and/or unlawful imprisonment, Endress wrote. "Preventing a law enforcement officer from responding could place community members at great risk. Blocking egress doors is a violation of fire codes. This action endangered everyone in the Library. "According to College Fix, Endress did not mention the incidents involving the that assaulted a dissenting student, nor the intimidation of college President George Bridges, who was given a list of demands as Much of Evergreen's troubles began in May, when in which black and Latino students typically leave the campus. That year, black and Latino students wanted to reverse the order, forcing white students to leave. This resulted in the May 23 incident where a group of student activists confronted Weinstein, then screamed and insulted the professor About f------ time. Should have been addressed from day 1 Now how about we put University of Virginia, Drake, Missouri, Berkeley and Columbia on chopping block too. These institutions need major Capital flight.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/001/276/899/395.png "Consequences")
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