The Pacer

Independent voice of the University of Tennessee at Martin

David Barber

Letters to the Editor Opinion

White Supremacy and the Need for a Required Class in African American History

On Nov. 19, 2019, just before the Thanksgiving break, flyers appeared on the UTM campus asking if students were “proud…

Columns Opinion

Yet another assault on the meaning of an education

YOn Valentine’s Day the University of Tennessee at Martin offered students a little Valentine’s gift: a shortened path to a…

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I want to alert you to what I believe is an important event going on at the University of Tennessee…

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Why ‘Black Lives Matter’ to young white people, an open letter: the origin of ‘Black Lives Matter’

In August 2014, a Ferguson Missouri police officer, Darren Wilson, shot and killed 18 year-old Michael Brown, pumping between six…

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An open letter on why ‘Black Lives Matter’ to young white people: the historical case

I know that we’ve got a lot of white people in this country – and in this area in particular…