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Caucasian, black and Hispanic students raised their voices and marched from the May 4 Memorial next to Taylor Hall to Risman Plaza.
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Hellen Gebremeskel, senior nursing major, said she was surprised with the commotion of different students because Kent is “not that diverse.”
“I’m loving it,” Gebremeskel said. “There is so many different people here.”
She said that by looking at the diversity of protesters, one could see the new law was not only affecting minorities.
Some organizers of the protest, which included members of Black United Students, Spanish and Latino Student Association, NAACP and others, repeatedly said on stage, “It is not the bill that we are fighting, it is the mentality,” referring to racism.
Students also collected signatures for a new organization: Students Against Discriminatory Immigration Policies.
Holding the American constitution, students added that the laws in Arizona are “unconstitutional and immoral.”
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