Just lock the door behind them

We didn’t know who these people were when we chose to apply here!

200 students walk out of Washington & Lee University, demanding that it change its name

Students at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia are demanding that the school remove "Lee" from its name to promote racial equity, according to a local report. 

On March 23, at least 200 students, many clad in t-shirts and face masks staged a walkout, protesting for what sophomore Amber Morrison called the university's "second chance to be on the right side of history." 

"We will only be made better by creating a more inclusive campus," she said, "A lot of students feel like there's no point arguing because we don't have the support and we don't have the people, but we do, and I think this really shows that."

Another student, Clara Albacete, said Washington & Lee University, whose Board of Trustees will not meet to review its name until May, will become an accomplice to racial injustice if it doesn't accede to the protesters' demand.

These petulant children are no worse than the adult faculty members at this dreadful school, 79% of whom voted to drop Lee’s name last year. And not just Lee:

Before Monday’s faculty meeting to vote on the name change, three Black law school faculty members urged the school to drop both Washington and Lee. “Washington’s brutality, inhumanity and cruelty are well documented,” they wrote. “Lee’s reputation for racial violence and hatred is well known. He was a monster.”