Victor Yin

A name change is not enough to hide SFU’s institutional whiteness

by Victor Yin, SFU Student Former SFU President Andrew Petter released a statement on his decision to change the name of SFU Athletics’ varsity teams after an "an extensive stakeholder engagement process." Petter's statement, which does not recognize any Black student organizing, activism, or petitioning, seriously undermines the physical and emotional labour of student activists and disregards Black trauma and oppression. Black students and Black athletes mobilized and pushed for this name change. Not acknowledging these efforts is an insidious way of disarming and suppressing Black power while also minimizing the impact and importance of student activism. Othniel Spence, a…

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