As Twitchy has reported, while universities are reacting to the election by hosting healing spaces and offering stressed-out young adults Play-Doh and bubble wands, high school students across the country have chosen to walk out of class, often with teachers in tow. Classrooms in Oakland, Calif., were especially light on attendance Monday.
Oakland students march out of classes to protest election of Trump https://t.co/rzEF1FZkkO
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) November 14, 2016
Hundreds of students from about a dozen Oakland high schools ditched the classroom for the streets Monday,… https://t.co/n2bhCF8uu3
— jeffreydean (@SystemicCapital) November 14, 2016
Check out this aerial footage from Fox News:
Students across the U.S. stage mass walkouts in protest of President-elect @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/CiP3qaD8DL pic.twitter.com/NgPwHCVexD
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 14, 2016
Students walk out of school in #Oakland – waiting for more to arrive at #FruitvaleBart at noon #Trumpprotest pic.twitter.com/dSKGo3Kk4t
— Sarah Ravani (@SarRavani) November 14, 2016
Glam Spencer, teacher in #Oakland joins the student March to protest #Trump pic.twitter.com/tp7wpUgZmr
— Sarah Ravani (@SarRavani) November 14, 2016
Oakland student protest @KTVU pic.twitter.com/v0Nzb05lE9
— Leigh Martinez (@LeighMartinezTV) November 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/norcalsocialism/status/798300634969583616
Anyone afraid that high school kids aren’t learning anything in school can rest assured: they’re learning that protesting is the proper response when you don’t get your way. Yes, Hillary, our kids were watching. Check out the flyer for Monday’s demonstration in Oakland.
Students protest #Trump today in #Oakland
Demands: Maintain sanctuary cities; respect native lands; schools not prisons… pic.twitter.com/3VzrQuAAvL— Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) November 14, 2016
It’s not clear if that’s the complete list of “demands” or if the photo just got cut off. The top three are probably plenty to start with: not only do these kids demand that the police be disarmed, but they demand — it appears — a re-do of the elections until they’re happy with the result. Maybe it’ll make more sense hearing it directly from them:
"This is a peaceful march. Cops are out there and they don't give a shit about you. Make sure you stay safe." – #Oakland stu #protest pic.twitter.com/TNV2hyuzAU
— Sarah Ravani (@SarRavani) November 14, 2016
#Oakland area high school students make list of demands #protest #schoolwalkout pic.twitter.com/At9c2pxD4C
— Sarah Ravani (@SarRavani) November 14, 2016
#Oakland students chanting: "When police say "get back, what do we say? PUSH BACK." pic.twitter.com/o8czFlHiEK
— Sarah Ravani (@SarRavani) November 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/MrEckert84/status/798277117544906753
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