In the context of Silent Sam, discuss the Removal from campus of the Disposition debate.
A September 7, 2018, statement in The Washington Post from 59 black UNC-CH faculty members asked that the university "permanently remove the Confederate statue and its pedestal from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.... A symbol of racism, violence, and white supremacy has no place on our 21st century campus often called the 'University of the People'." 417 other UNC-CH faculty signed a letter of support.On October 12, the Faculty Council, UNC's main faculty body, passed a resolution requesting the permanent removal of the statue and its base. "Returning the statue to the UNC-Chapel Hill campus would reaffirm the values of white supremacy that motivated its original installation," the resolution said. "Moreover, to do so would undermine the physical security of all members of our community."
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