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This building used to be the center of the the town. No it sits abandoned. #halecenter #halecounty #texas #texasbackroads #smalltown #smalltowntexas #abandonedphotography #canonphotography #lightroom #architecture #architecturephotography (at Hale County, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B37_Wl_g9aL/?igshid=1p72rwn6ovjll

Laundry days #laundry #laundrymat #halecentertx #halecenter #igtexas #smalltown #canonphotography #canont6 #lightroom (at Hale Center, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv2WFnNguYL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bs43t88vzrjz

Student and Faculty Response to Hale Center Vandalism On last night, April 4, 2012, the 44th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s death, students and concerned individuals from the wider community gathered peacefully for a vigil to reflect on the recent racialized hatred and terror that has captivated our nation’s attention. In particular, people assembled to remember Trayvon Martin and Shaima Alawadi, who both lost their lives due to senseless violence that should not be tolerated in an enlightened society (Martin was shot to death by George Zimmerman while visiting his father; Alawadi was killed inside her own home by an unidentified group that left a message promoting racial prejudice against Muslim Americans). Thus, the goal of the event was not only to pray for our nation at this critical time, in consideration of these incidents, but also to examine how we all could promote better understanding between diverse communities.  Yet, as these groups convened on campus to ponder these issues that have animated the national spotlight, various HATE advocates were ostensibly organizing to make these contemporary racialized improprieties more palpable for our local community here at The Ohio State University. Some of these individuals came to the vigil with the sole intent to terrify those persons who had congregated to calmly respond to racial injustice. If this intimidation was not sufficient, other persons came and left a permanent marker signifying their racial intolerance. The Frank W. Hale Center, long a safe space for students of color to come together, was defaced with the words, “LONG LIVE ZIMMERMAN!” These words are troubling. The vandalism is unsettling. The racism behind these words, however, is even more disturbing. These egregious episodes should not be accepted at an institution of higher learning such as The Ohio State University, and represent a type of thinking that permits racism to persist in our communities.  We, the faculty and students of The Ohio State University, vigorously denounce this racist act and want to make clear that HATRED WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. The members of this campus, and people throughout the city of Columbus, will neither be intimidated by this incident nor pressured to abandon our support of those causes aimed at promoting racial equality, justice, peace, and understanding. We shall remain vigilant in the pursuit of impartiality and call on the ENTIRE Buckeye community—administration, faculty and staff, students, and the school’s broader group of supporters—to join with us.  We appreciate President Gordon Gee’s response to the vandalism that took place and his willingness to utilize institutional resources for the purposes of investigating this incident. But we see this incident in a larger context of hatred, and feel that this racial prejudice must be vehemently condemned and that every effort must be made to extinguish these deplorable acts from taking place on our campus. In the coming days, we will be meeting to discuss how we as a community can address these issues and move forward. On behalf of concerned faculty and students at The Ohio State University,  Thomas Albright, M.A. Student Leslie M. Alexander, Ph.D. Curtis Austin, Ph.D. Tamara Butler, Ph.D. Candidate Camille Dantzler, M.A. Student Rashida Davison, Undergraduate Lilia Fernandez, Ph.D. Liseli Fitzpatrick, M.A. Student T. Anthony Gass, Ph.D. Candidate Gisell Jeter, Ph.D. Candidate Thomas Lee Michael Marsh, Undergraduate Doneri Mayhay, Undergraduate Dawn Miles, Ph.D. Candidate Tyran Steward, Ph.D. Candidate Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Ph.D. Sign OUR statement of response to the Hate Crimes that have occurred on our campus in the last 24 hours. We hope to build a dialogue about these events as well as others that have impacted students on our campus. Students are regularly harassed because of their ethnic backgrounds, gender, sexual identities, and religions. Sign in solidarity and spread the word. --> http://www.thepetitionsite.com/948/827/720/response-to-frank-hale-black-cultural-center-vandalism-at-the-ohio-state-university/