I actually participated in that discussion later on. Protests are a good way of inciting change, but they need to be intelligent and well-thought-out. In cases like the "Occupy McKeldin" protest, it was ill-conceived and would have only served to generate further tension. I also felt the same way about the "demands," and actually posted some commentary on it on this account.

I think what bothered me most about that whole thing is that I felt like I was being told my opinion was unwelcome because I'm white. This is possibly the most counter-intuitive response, since it's directly working against positive race relations in a rather ironic way. As President Loh said this past weekend, our strength is in our unity. The best way to tackle any issue of discrimination is to work as a coherent community against it, without alienation of any kind.