Cecil John Rhodes

                                          #RhodesMustFal

Rhodes statue

The statue being removed

 The students of the university of Cape Town  introduced a  protest movement called #RhodesMustFall(Background about the protest) which was originally aimed at forcing the removal of a large statue of Cecil John Rhodes(Biblography about Cecil John Rhodes) from  the University of Cape Town upper campus. I totally get it why students are protesting against a statue something that doesn’t even breathe is because nobody wants to see a statue or be reminded on how their great and grandparents were treated nobody wants to be surrounded by negative energy. The management of the University will be expecting students to get along whereas the University is busy advertising ruthless and cruel people such as Cecil John Rhodes. Racism will never perish on campuses because the Institution itself upholds racism.  The racism symbols or signs around the campus say a lot  about how the University operates(Student being abused) 

The good that came out of the protest is an agreement was reached  and made about the removal of the statue and the statue was finally removed(UTC agrees to remove the statue). International institutions like the University of United Kingdom joined the protest meaning they also understood why the students were protesting and they were touched. Students voice was heard and the right thing was done. The protest was a success.The bad that came out of this protest is, it created conflicts among students, students were arrested and some ended up in hospitals(Students arrested and assaulted). Lectures had to be paused because classes were interrupted and examinations had to be excused or moved.

students being arrested