Safe Spaces Not Cutting it? Berkeley Students Demand ‘Spaces Of Color’ (Video)

The notice also includes a threatening ultimatum to the University, stating “if you fail to vacate immediately, community action will continue to escalate with the goal of eliminating any revenue generation.”

Students at the University of California, Berkeley held a protest Friday demanding that the University create both “safe spaces” for transgenders and “spaces of color” for non-white students on campus.

A video of Friday’s protest shows a large group of protesters preventing white students from passing over a bridge while allowing access to students of color.

In addition to blocking access to Berkeley’s Sather Gate, a key bridge on the route to many classes, the wall of protesters also prevented white students from studying in the Student Union and stopped traffic at the main intersection in the front of campus.

One of the protest’s leaders can be heard yelling “Who’s university?” into a megaphone. The wall of protesters respond in unison, screaming “our university!”

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