Hundreds of people gathered on the Indiana University Bloomington campus Thursday evening to reflect on the events that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend. One woman was killed and more than a dozen injured in Charlottesville when a car plowed into a group protesting the "Unite the Right" rally.
Thursday's rally, held by the Young Democratic Socialists of America, began near Woodburn Hall, where speakers denounced white supremacy and hate.
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Following the rally, community members marched downtown holding banners and chanting things like "black lives matter" and "the people united, will never be divided." The group blocked traffic, but the march remained peaceful.
Student activist Stanley Njuguna spoke at the rally. He says the events in Charlottesville show that racism knows no boundaries, and that it exists everywhere in America.
"White supremacy is not just Donald Trump. White supremacy is not just the people who showed up for the 'Unite the Right' rally."
"That they fell out of the sky, that they're not here, that they're not around, that they're not in your communities or your schools, your businesses, that's something that we have to break down immediately," Njuguna says.
Njuguna says white supremacists, like ones who attended the rally in Charlottesville, don't paint the entire picture of racism in our country.
"White supremacy is not just Donald Trump," Njuguna says. "White supremacy is not just the people who showed up for the 'Unite the Right' rally. White supremacy is laws that disadvantage people of color every day."
The evening ended with a vigil held in People's Park in remembrance of the woman who died in Charlottesville. A vigil was also held at the Monroe County courthouse on Sunday, as well as in several other Indiana communities.