The reason #UNC leaders are so eager to keep #SilentSam is because they answer to Republican state legislators whose fondness for white supremacy and hatred of public education drive their politicized BOT appointments.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-is-unc-chapel-hill-spending-dollar5-million-to-protect-a-racist-statue

"An email obtained by a local activist shows the United Daughters of the Confederacy offered to take the statue for free. Why is it being resurrected on campus?"

Here's a concrete way you can support the students that are sacrificing so much to hold UNC accountable to us all right now:

https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/SupportUNCActivists/pay

#strikedownsam #antiracist #proworker #NC #UNC #silentsam

I am a UNC alumna (class of '93) and I support the TA strike to #strikedownsam!

#confederate #statues #tearthemdown #doitlikedurham #silentsam

Maya Little is being charged with two misdemeanors as a result of last night's peaceful protest at #UNC Chapel Hill against #confederate #SilentSam. She just turned herself in to the police. Please donate to her bail fund: http://fundrazr.com/SupportUNCActivists

RT @IGD_News@twitter.com: Alt-Right trolls doxxed antiracists and police made several arrests in wake of #SilentSam coming down in #ChapelHill. Meanwhile, neo-Confederates and their friends are issuing a variety of violent threats to the community, with seemingly no consequence. https://itsgoingdown.org/white-power-neo-confederates-ramp-up-threats-of-violence-and-murder-against-chapel-hill-residents-and-students/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/IGD_News/status/1035093630934036480

I'm building a #FleaCircus, and I was worried the moment had passed for my fleas-pulling-down-a-statue gag. #SilentSam