[Crimson Dynamo]

Student rep sparks outrage after
vowing to tear
down a 'mural of white men' honouring those
who left British
universities to fight in WWI but never returned

• Students' Union president says First World War mural should be taken down
• She threatens to paint over 'the mural of white men' in controversial statement
• Both the union and the university have distanced themselves from comments
• She apologises, insisting she was trying to 'promote strong, female leadership

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Emily Dawes, pictured left posing for her photograph
as University of Southampton Students Union, and far right
on holiday, provoked outrage when she referred to
the university's Rotherstein Mural as a 'mural of white men'

The president of a university students' union has been
criticised for saying a mural in memory of First World War
soldiers should be 'painted over' because it displays only 'white men'.

Emily Dawes, the head of the University of
Southampton Students' Union, provoked
outrage when she referred to the university's
Rotherstein Mural as a 'mural of white men' and
called for it to be taken down.

She tweeted: 'Mark my words - we're taking down
the mural of white men in the uni Senate room,
even if I have to paint over it myself.'






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