Students at Florida State University, Florida A&M University and Tallahassee Community College will be marching in protest today against political “attitudes” that they consider racist.
They’re upset about racist comments that they say were posted on an anonymous discussion board called fsuacb.com, and they’re upset about Gov. Rick Scott, who’s white, recently telling FAMU students, most of whom are black, that he could relate to them because he also grew up in public housing.
The protesting is set to start any minute at FAMU, where FAMU students will gather at the university’s Eternal Flame in the middle of campus. FSU students will join them after 11 a.m.
FAMU students are scheduled to hold a “peaceful demonstration” at the Eternal Flame at 10:30 a.m. against Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll, who they say has been quoted as saying that Scott reminds her of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
At 11 a.m., FSU students marched from FSU’s Integration Statue to FAMU’s Eternal Flame.
Students from both schools along with students from Tallahassee Community College will then march together to the Capitol “in a showcase of unity to build close community ties for equality and peace,” according to a statement the students sent out this morning.
by Denise Bolona
