The University of Michigan Black Student Union has left a coalition of over 90 pro-Hamas student groups due to its members allegedly being “erased, belittled, and berated.”
The BSU put a statement on its Instagram account late last week noting members had “dedicated their time, energy, and well-being” to the TAHRIR (Transparency, Accountability, Humanity, Reparations, Investment, Resistance) Coalition, but it became “increasingly apparent” their “identities, voices, and bodies” were “not valued.”
Black Student Union members had worked with TAHRIR “with the belief that the work of the coalition would be furthered from their sacrifice — that it would be worth the vitriol they received,” the statement continues.
“However, as Black people, we are not obligated to sacrifice ourselves for any organization that does not value or understand us. The anti-Blackness within the coalition has been too pervasive to overcome, and we refuse to endure it.” […]
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