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During the Fall 2020 term, a protest was held outside of [[Raub-Sellew]] for 2 days, which resulted in one student being suspended.  
 
During the Fall 2020 term, a protest was held outside of [[Raub-Sellew]] for 2 days, which resulted in one student being suspended.  
  
==Timeline==
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===Timeline===
===Monday, September 28th===
 
First year (at the time) [[Abigail King]], along with other students, were not happy with the actions of some first year students living on the first floor of Raub-Sellew. As it was an (very divisive) election year, a few conservative students had Trump 2020 flags posted in their windows facing the courtyard. King proceeded to take it upon herself to buy small pride flags and stick them in the ground outside underneath their windows. She placed the first one at 4pm, went to dinner, and noticed it had disappeared when she returned. She then placed a second flag under a different window at 6:45 and left to go to [[Center for Teaching and Learning|CTL]] tutoring.  When she returned around 8pm, the flag had been noticeably kicked over, so she replaced it and had a friend take a photo (which I will post here as soon as I can figure out how to add a photo to a wiki page (you can't, just put an Imgur link)). After taking the photo, King and her friends noticed a small group of boys curse them out and steal the flag. They got the entire event on video, and sent it to [[Administration|admin]].
 
  
===Tuesday, September 29th===  
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==Monday September 28th==
A bunch of students talked about how they had noticed the flags, and wished to annoy those who stole the flags, and so grabbed chalk and wrote many wholesome messages on the concrete in the courtyard. These included statements such as "Love is Love", "Donkey Kong says Trans Rights", "Black Lives Matter," and the controversial "Only D3?" which was a reference to how Raub-Sellew is full of athletes, and how Knox is a Division 3 school, as these athletes were not good enough to get into a school with a higher division. Many students who lived in the dorms tried to erase the chalk by stepping on it or trying to wash it away with water. Many who lived in [[Five-Name]] placed post-it notes in the windows of their suites which read along the lines of "Love is Love", or "Love has no gender".
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First year at the time [[Abigail King]] was not happy with the actions of some other first year students living on the first floor of Raub Sellew. As it was an election year, a few conservative students had Trump 2020 flags posted in their windows facing the courtyard. King was not happy with this decision, and took it upon herself to buy small pride flags and stick them in the ground outside underneath their windows. She placed the first one at 4pm, went to dinner, and noticed it had disappeared when she returned. She then placed a second flag under a different window at 6:45 and left to go to CTL tutoring.  When she returned around 8pm, the flag had been noticeably kicked over, so she replaced it and had a friend take a photo (which I will post here as soon as I can figure out how to add a photo to a wiki page). After having taken the photo, King and her friends noticed a small group of boys curse them out and steal the flag. They got the entire event on video, and sent it to admin.
This night also coincided with a presidential debate. BIPOC students gathered outside of Raub-Sellew to protest the presence of the Trump flags and were reported to have had racial slurs shouted at them from students within Raub-Sellew.
 
  
===Wednesday, September 30th===  
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==Tuesday September 29th==
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A bunch of students talked about how they had noticed the flags, and wished to annoy those who stole the flags, and so grabbed chalk and wrote many wholesome messages on the concrete in the courtyard. These included statements such as "Love is Love", "Donkey Kong says Trans Rights", "Black Lives Matter," and the controversial "Only D3?" which was a reference to how Raub Sellew is full of athletes, and how Knox is a Division 3 school, as these athletes were not good enough to get into a school with a higher division. Many students who lived in the dorms tried to erase the chalk by stepping on it or trying to wash it away with water. Many who lived in 5-name placed post it notes in the windows of their suites which read along the lines of "Love is Love", or "Love has no gender".
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This night also coincided with a presidential debate. BIPOC students gathered outside of Raub Sellew to protest the presence of the Trump flags and were reported to have had racial slurs shouted at them from students within Raub Sellew.
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==Wednesday September 30th==  
 
A silent sit in was organized outside of the dorms, and about ~33 students came. Protests organized by objectively cool students of color 3rd year [[Monica Cardoza]] and 2nd years [[Manny Pina]] and [[Isaiah Simon]] (Who I believe literally deserve all of the credit) They held 15 minutes of silence which opened the door for other students to speak on what the Trump flags meant to them, continued all afternoon and into the night, where students played music, flew the flag of Mexico and a pride flag, and shared the racism they face at Knox and how unsafe the flags made them feel. At this point, the student in the video who had stolen the pride flag was identified, and rightfully suspended for theft. Alumni Brianna Goodwin and President of [[ABLE]] Myla Boyd sent demands to admin that will be posted down below.
 
A silent sit in was organized outside of the dorms, and about ~33 students came. Protests organized by objectively cool students of color 3rd year [[Monica Cardoza]] and 2nd years [[Manny Pina]] and [[Isaiah Simon]] (Who I believe literally deserve all of the credit) They held 15 minutes of silence which opened the door for other students to speak on what the Trump flags meant to them, continued all afternoon and into the night, where students played music, flew the flag of Mexico and a pride flag, and shared the racism they face at Knox and how unsafe the flags made them feel. At this point, the student in the video who had stolen the pride flag was identified, and rightfully suspended for theft. Alumni Brianna Goodwin and President of [[ABLE]] Myla Boyd sent demands to admin that will be posted down below.
  
===Thurdsay, October 1st===  
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==October 1st Thursday==  
King's friends pressured her to do a police report as her property was technically stolen. She filed one, but never heard back anything from [[Campus Safety]] or the [[Galesburg Police Department|Galesburg Police]].  
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King's friends pressured her to do a police report as her property was technically stolen. She filed one, but never heard back anything from Campus Safety or the Galesburg Police.  
  
===Aftermath===
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==Aftermath==
Two articles in The Knox Student were released following the events, along with an email sent out by [[Teresa Amott]], and Knox (hopefully) strived to meet the listed demands that send in by students of color.  
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An article in The Knox Student was released, an email sent out by [[Teresa Amott]], and Knox (hopefully) strived to meet the listed demands that send in by students of color.  
BIPOC students do not feel that their demands were met and felt that the response to them was lackluster. Not much action was taken. The students who had the Trump flags up took them down on their own accord. Rain Garant held conversations with the students to help them understand why they faced so much backlash for their flags.
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BIPOC students do not feel that their demands were met and felt that the response to them was lackluster. Not much action was taken. The students who had the Trump flags up took them down on their own accord. Rain Garrant held conversations with the students to help them understand why they faced so much backlash for their flags.
  
 
===Listed Student Demands===
 
===Listed Student Demands===
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processes.”
 
processes.”
  
Source: Abigail King wrote this and [[Sarah Eitel]] wrote and researched two subsequent articles published by The Knox Student on the issue and edited this page for accuracy. The articles are a result of a few month's of research in Knox's Archives and in-depth interviews with involved parties (and are also award-winning!).
 
 
They can be read here:
 
 
https://www.theknoxstudent.org/news/pride-flags-stolen-demonstrations-in-the-quads-and-new-student-demands
 
  
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Source: Abigail King wrote this and Sarah Eitel wrote and researched two subsequent articles published by The Knox Student on the issue and edited this page for accuracy. The articles are a result of a few month's of research in Knox's Archives and in-depth interviews with involved parties. They can be read here: https://www.theknoxstudent.org/news/pride-flags-stolen-demonstrations-in-the-quads-and-new-student-demands
 
https://www.theknoxstudent.org/news/history-repeats-with-bipoc-demands
 
https://www.theknoxstudent.org/news/history-repeats-with-bipoc-demands
 
[[Category: Protests]] [[Category: Events]]
 
[[Category: Protests]] [[Category: Events]]

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