A member of University of Missouri’s College Republican club has been subject to racist attacks after she joined her fellow College Republicans to defend a statue of Thomas Jefferson.
The Jefferson statue, which was a gift to the school by the Jefferson Club in 2000, was considered offensive by grad student Maxwell Little. He started a petition that asked for it to be removed because the statue delivered a “nonverbal code” that Mizzou supports racism and sexism and creates an “emotional and psychological strain.” Naturally, the petition didn’t go anywhere, so Little started #PostYourStateOfMind and gathered students to deface the Jefferson statue with post-it notes that read, “Rapist,” “Racist,” “Sexist” and “Abuser”:
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