A Black Student Is On A Hunger Strike At Missouri Because Someone Drew A Swastika In Human Shit

Washington Post-The swastika appeared overnight, drawn with human feces on a college dorm’s brand new white wall.Once ranked among the best places to live in America, Columbia has witnessed a flurry of racist incidents in recent months, culminating with the swastika scrawled in excrement on Oct. 24.

Now a graduate student says he is on a hunger strike and is willing to die unless the school’s president steps down.

“My body feels like it’s on fire, I have pain all over. I’m exhausted. Of course, I’m hungry. I’ve got an ongoing headache. I already feel like campus is an unlivable space. So it’s worth sacrificing something of this grave amount, because I’m already not wanted here. I’m already not treated like I’m a human," Jonathan L. Butler, 25, told The Washington Post on Thursday night, four days into his one-man protest.

Butler said he was just drinking water — no multivitamins, no painkillers — until University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe steps down. Butler and other black students blame Wolfe for what they say is the school’s failure to address the rising tide of racism on campus.

University Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin said in a statement that his “heart is heavy” with concern for Butler’s health, and agreed that “racism has deep roots at our university.” He promised to “find solutions” to “make our university an inclusive and welcoming environment for all.”



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​How do you know when someone is a little too anxious to push their agenda? Well, I don't know too much about protest culture, but i would imagine a black guy going hungry after someone drew a swastika in human shit would be considered "jumping the gun". Seems a little silly to me anyway. If racist acts are that prevalent on campus couldn't Jonathan have waited until someone did something, oh i don't know, racist before he decided to go all Ramadan all over everyone's ass. If not for any other reason than for the diffculty he must have explaining that to people...

"Hey man, want a slice of pizza?"
"No, thank you. I'm on a hunger strike."
"Why?"
"Because someone drew a poop swastika on the wall."
"But you're...uhh...hmm...nevermind."

I get it. The stink-stika was just the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm sure there has been a bunch of racial tension going on at the University of Missouri. It's a college in the south so I think that's kind of par for the course, but that doesn't excuse those responsible. Still, reading the headline that a black kid is dying of hunger over anti-Semitic behavior reads more funny than it does offensive, and I am pretty that's not the vibe you were going for. I don't want to speak for anyone else, but something tells me the Jews aren't giving up their matzo ball soup if someone drops a racist load in the quad, so maybe it's time to find a better way to get your point across.

Johnny boy, I love the cause buddy, I really do. However, it might be wise to sneak in a little snack while no one is looking. Take the whole race war thing out of it for a second. If I know anything about colleges, I know that their Presidents don't care if kids are going hungry. If they did then meal plans wouldn't be outrageously expensive and non-refundable. The kid that survives on 3 packages of ramen noodles a day is just as malnourished as you and he exists on EVERY college campus. If the President isn't worried about him, he's certainly not going to be worried about the kid who is doing so on his own volition. Sorry bro, but the harder you swing the more likely you are to miss.