A revolt by African-American students at the University of Missouri has forced two top officials to resign. On Monday, President Tim Wolfe said he is quitting, and Columbia campus Chancellor R. Bowen Loft in announced he will be stepping down by the end of the year, in the face of protests over their handling of racism on campus. Those protests and others have provoked a debate over racism and free speech at colleges across.
Tim Wolfe is not the first president who come under fire because he was responding poorly to this crisis. Students said they were frustrated by what they saw as the school's and Wolfe's lack of action in the wake of racial incidents that had occurred on campus and these problems are very difficult to solve completely but students want someone who listen to their problem and tried to help them. …show more content…
President Obama applauded Missouri students for their social stance regarding the racism on their college campus but in an interview with George Stephanopoulos, he offered some advice for the millennial revolutionaries. "I think it is entirely appropriate for students in a thoughtful, peaceful way to protest," he said in an interview as seen on ABC News.
In my opinion Timothy Wolfe’s resignation on Monday from the presidency of the University of Missouri system will not resolve the racial tensions but he should listen to the protest of students at that time. And I believe that if any problem is not affecting them individually then people never try to solve it because they think that it’s not real. Racism lies in the eyes of beholder because Constitution is color blind. No one is superior to another. And everyone has their right to express their thoughts and
Tim Wolfe is not the first president who come under fire because he was responding poorly to this crisis. Students said they were frustrated by what they saw as the school's and Wolfe's lack of action in the wake of racial incidents that had occurred on campus and these problems are very difficult to solve completely but students want someone who listen to their problem and tried to help them. …show more content…
President Obama applauded Missouri students for their social stance regarding the racism on their college campus but in an interview with George Stephanopoulos, he offered some advice for the millennial revolutionaries. "I think it is entirely appropriate for students in a thoughtful, peaceful way to protest," he said in an interview as seen on ABC News.
In my opinion Timothy Wolfe’s resignation on Monday from the presidency of the University of Missouri system will not resolve the racial tensions but he should listen to the protest of students at that time. And I believe that if any problem is not affecting them individually then people never try to solve it because they think that it’s not real. Racism lies in the eyes of beholder because Constitution is color blind. No one is superior to another. And everyone has their right to express their thoughts and