#DukeYouAreGuilty: Students Walk Out in Protest

"On November 13, 2015, Duke University's President Dick Brodhead convened (yet another) "community conversation" following a number of racist and homophobic hate crimes, or so-caled "recent incidents" on Duke's campus. Yet, Duke is yet to fulfill at least 25+ demands made by students over the last five decades, ever since Black students occupied the Allen Building in 1969.

We walk out in protest. We salute student protesters around the country and the world, and we stand in solidarity with you.
We won't be placated by "forums," "task forces," or "town halls." We demand institutional changes NOW.

We are here and we are watching."

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Let it be known that on this day
Duke administrators still refuse to name
the violent, racist, cissheterosexist
acts against marginalized people
on this campus
as anything more
than “recent incidents”

Hate crimes need to be addressed
with institutional changes
not “community conversations”
or fruitless investigations
We are tired of being targeted
Of telling you why the campus
that you run is unsafe
As if this hasn’t happened before
You should know better

You use our faces on brochures
Pretend diversity means safety
You have created a space
For us to fear for our lives
And you continue to maintain that space
DUKE YOU ARE GUILTY