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- 1. TIME PersonOf The 12 months2015 Runner Daniel Greenfield,aShillmanJournalismFellow atthe FreedomCenter,isaNew Yorkwriterspecializing inradical Islam.Pushedbyprotesters,Princetonisweighingwhethertostripthe identifyof U.S. PresidentWoodrowWilson,one of itsmostwell-knownalums,fromitsprestigiouspublic-policyfaculty because of Wilson'sracistviews.WesleyanCollege'sscholarauthoritiesslashedfundingforthe school newspaperafteritprintedacolumnimportantof BlackLivesMatter. The emphasisongender,identificationandsocial inequalityhelpsclarifywhyBlackLivesMatter's agendasare spreadingtovarsitycampuses.AgaininMarchan namelessconsumerpostedaYouTube clipthat capturedmembersof the Universityof Oklahoma'sSigmaAlphaEpsilonfraternitysinginga racist chant aboutbarringblack members.Social mediafueledprotestsagainanumberof monthslater, whenthe violentarrestof Martese Johnson,ablackUniversityof Virginiahonorstudent,wascapture d inanothervideoclipthatwentviral. Like the Tea Social gatheringandOccupyWall Road, BlackLivesMatter isanchoredwithinthe bodily occupationof publicareaand amplifiedbysocial media.ActivistsstrategicallyshutdownChicago's MagnificentMile onBlackFridayand blockedvisitorsalongside Washington'sI-395on one of the busiest journeydaysof the yr. The demonstrationshadbeenchosentomaximise impact:inflictingdiscomfortis designedtomake societyfeel the painandfrustrationof residingasa blackparticularpersonin America. The Black LivesMatter network,foundedbyGarza,CullorsandNew York-basedmostlyimmigration activistOpal Tometi,nowcountspractically30 official chapters,includinganoutpostinCanada.The motioncan alsobe made up of numerousdifferentprotestgroupsthatemergedfromthe streetsof Ferguson,withnameslike We the ProtestersandArmsUp United.The prevalence of the BlackLives Matter hashtagpromptedmediashops Lifestylesof aSchizophrenicmixtape tograbthe phrase as shorthandforthe battle writlarge.Regardlessof theirideological differences,grassrootsuprisingsare likelytoobserve patterns.Butthere are specificcausesBlackLivesMatterhasflourishedwhere Occupy fizzled. A numberof weeksearlier,agaggle of blackcollege studentshaddeterminedtodisruptthe school's homecomingparade bystandinginitspathand bellowingchantsbymeansof a megaphone. Amid rollingsit-ins,BrandeisSchool directorsagreedtodemandslike growingthe recruitmentof studentsof shade.AtTowsonUniversity,close toBaltimore,demonstratorsreceivednew programsonrace relationsandtenure-trackpositionsearmarkedforblackprofessors.