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  • Connections over controversy: criminal justice department and BSU team up to add BLM flag to display

    Katarina Rothhorn

    April 21, 2021 |

    The North Wind |

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    Response Location: United States, Marquette, Michigan

    Northern Michigan University's Black Student Union turned its unhappiness with the display on campus of a "thin blue line" flag into a series of deep and open conversations that led to a compromise and a new set of collaborations. The university's criminal justice department had put the flag on display. One BSU member approached the department chair to ask that it be removed. But that led to a long, respectful conversation, followed by meetings of students on both sides. A Black Lives Matter flag was added to the display and the two groups are planning a joint educational program on the issue.

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