An attempt to quell racial tensions at UC San Diego fell short today. Hundreds of minority students walked out of a "teach in" organized by university officials.
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UCSD administrators held a teach-in on February 24, 2010 to address student concerns following a racially-themed party.
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Associate Professor Nadine George-Graves speaks at the UCSD teach-in on February 24, 2010 in response to the 'Compton Cookout,' a racially-themed party near campus.
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Students listen at the UCSD teach-in on February 24, 2010 as speakers address the controversy following the 'Compton Cookout,' a racially-themed party near campus.
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Two UCSD students, Jasmine Philips (L) and Fnann Keflezighi (R), spoke at the teach-in on February 24, 2010. After speaking briefly about the 'Compton Cookout' racially-themed party and the administration's response, the students urged all students in attendance to walk out of the administration's teach-in.
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Students walk out of the UCSD administration's teach-in on February 24, 2010. A majority of the students in attendance left the official teach-in, and gathered together outside of Price Center to have their own teach-in.
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Students gathered outside of UCSD's Price Center on February 24, 2010 to stage a student-led teach-in in response to the 'Compton Cookout' racially-themed party and the administration's response.
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Students gathered outside of the UCSD Price Center on February 24, 2010 to protest the 'Compton Cookout,' a racially-themed party near campus. The students staged their own teach-in as a response to the administration's official teach-in.
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Students gathered outside of the Price Center at UCSD to protest the 'Compton Cookout,' a racially-themed party near campus.
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Professor Jorge Mariscal speaks to a crowd of students outside of the Price Center at UCSD. The students walked out of the official teach-in and held their own teach-in outside as a response to recent racially-themed events on campus.
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UCSD students gathered outside of the Price Center on campus on February 24, 2010 to protest recent racially-charged events on campus.
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UCSD student Fnann Keflezighi speaks to the crowd attending the student-led teach-in on February 24, 2010. The teach-in was a response to recent racially-charged events on and around campus.
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SDSU, BSU and ASU students joined the student-led UCSD teach-in on February 24, 2010. The teach-in was a response to recent racially-charged events on and around campus.
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Several hundred students wore black T-shirts and held their fists in the air as they marched into UCSD's main campus auditorium for the teach-in.
The event was the university's response to the spate of racially charged incidents on campus. Officials were hoping the teach-in would help begin the healing process.
In fact, Black Student Union Leader Fnann Keflezighi was invited to speak. She called on students to walkout of the room an hour into the event.
“We want to walk out of this university sponsored teach-in because a teach-in is not what is needed right now,” Keflezighi told the crowded auditorium. “Right now real action is needed. So please join me in our teach-in and follow me to march out of this room.”
Minority students leaders want administrators to implement a list of 32 demands immediately. They want officials to fix what they call a racial state of emergency. Students say the racially derogatory incidents speak to a larger problem of institutional racism on campus.
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