Deadline approaching for Amherst College president to denounce 'racist' mascot

Organizers of #AmherstUprising at Amherst College in Massachusetts have made it clear that they believe free speech on campus should be scrapped. In addition to that, according to a separate demand, the school’s president must denounce the school’s mascot, Lord Jeffrey Amherst, by 5 p.m.:

I'm actually far more interested in call to finally get rid of Amherst's genocidal mascot. https://t.co/nazSdVE6X9 pic.twitter.com/Knbqk8vFwn

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 13, 2015

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/665196139306610688

Amherst students demand that president denounce goofy colonial mascot by 5 p.m.: https://t.co/jePbd8ys9P pic.twitter.com/QG9zU560bU

— The Slatest (@slatest) November 13, 2015

What could be next?

https://twitter.com/KevinWGlass/status/665197095398342657

Give ’em time.