LSU Students Call for Removal of Confederate Jasmine From Campus

[cajuncocoa]

A group of LSU students is calling for the eradication of Trachelospermum jasminoides, a flowering plant commonly known as Confederate jasmine.

The outcry comes amid a growing nationwide trend of politicians and activists arguing for the removal of Confederate imagery from public spaces in the wake of the massacre of nine black worshippers by a white supremacist at a historic black church in Charleston, SC.

Linda Buchanan-Riley, a spokeswoman for the students seeking the removal of the ornamental climbing evergreen, says Confederate jasmine is a symbol of “systemic oppression” and has no place on the campus of a public university.

“Every time a student, staff member, or visitor walks by one of those fragrant representations of racism and human subjugation,” explains Buchanan-Riley,” not only does it serve as a painful, odiferous reminder of this nation’s hate-filled past, but its lily-white flowers symbolize the myriad modern-day prejudices and social injustices suffered by all peoples of color.”

Buchanan-Riley maintains that if university officials don’t comply with the group’s demands, it has raised enough funds to purchase several gallons of Roundup weed killer and its members are “more than willing” to take matters into their own hands.

More: http://theredshtick.com/2015/06/29/l...e-from-campus/

[oyarde]

These $#@!ers are patriots , going to buy some round up to kill flowers , LOL .