Students at Tennessee basketball game protest school's blackface response
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Angela Gosnell, Knoxville News SentinelProtesting the University of Tennessee’s handling of a blackface controversy, 40 to 50 students dressed in black occupied seats behind UT’s goal Tuesday night at the men’s game against Mississippi State.At the start of the game, they remained seated during the national anthem as other students, clad in orange and white, stood. (Photo: Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel )The majority of the students left early in the second half, most of them holding their right firsts in the air as they walked up the aisle.Help us power local journalism.Become a digital subscriber.Vice Chancellor for Student Life Vince Carilli said Monday afternoon, at a meeting with students and UT officials, that the university was still deciding how to discipline students who appeared in blackface in a Snapchat image last week.
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