{"id":1681,"date":"1986-11-03T02:16:07","date_gmt":"1986-11-03T02:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2018-10-31T13:59:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T17:59:52","slug":"all-campus-meeting-held-to-discuss-racial-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/1986\/11\/03\/all-campus-meeting-held-to-discuss-racial-tension\/","title":{"rendered":"All-campus meeting held to discuss \u201cracial tension\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">November 3, 1986<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All-campus meeting held to discuss \u201cracial tension\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At 9:30 p.m. in John M. Greene Hall, President Dunn opened up the meeting about the racist messages painted on the steps to Lilly Hall. Her introduction was followed by a statement from three anonymous students speaking as representatives of \u201cthe Asian, Black, and Hispanic students who feel offended and ultimately disappointed by the treatment they have received at Smith College.\u201d The president of the Student Government Association (SGA), a member of the Society Organized Against Racism (SOAR), and several faculty members also spoke. President Dunn then opened up the floor for discussion, asking for suggestions on how to end racism at Smith. Associate Professor Johnnella<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[1] <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Butler, chair of the Afro-American Department, suggested a chorus of \u201cWe Shall Overcome\u201d to end the meeting.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The full Sophian article on the meeting can be found<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2018\/10\/1986.11.06.-Racial-tensions-exposed-1-e1538923070194.jpg\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>[Last updated on October 31, 2018]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 3, 1986 All-campus meeting held to discuss \u201cracial tension\u201d At 9:30 p.m. in John [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[67,84,60],"class_list":["post-1681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1980s","tag-67","tag-institutional-action","tag-society-organized-against-racism-soar","entry","grid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1681"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681\/revisions\/2401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}