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Letter: ​UNC alumni of color should stop donating

TO THE EDITOR:

As an alumnus of color, I cannot bring myself to donate to UNC while it has a statue of a terrorist on the upper quad. It breaks my heart that the school has not progressed on these issues in the past five years.

Other alumni of color should refuse to donate. We should encourage our younger family members to go elsewhere. Prospective faculty of color should pass up job offers here in favor of other more enlightened universities.

Critics of this approach should remember that this is exactly what Silent Sam fought for, figuratively speaking. The statue’s defenders have chosen him over us. Let’s give them the UNC he represents. I love UNC, but fellow alumni of color: it’s time we acknowledged some hard truths and took action. 

Domenic Powell

Class of ’10

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