"Mizzou Race Activist Annoyed by Large Presence of Whites at Vigil for Orlando Victims"

theblaze.com

University of Missouri graduate and activist Tiffany Melecio stood in front of a microphone outside the Boone County Courthouse in Columbia, Missouri, and addressed the crowd gathered Monday evening.

It was vigil honoring the victims of the deadly Orlando terror attack at a gay nightclub the day before. But Melecio — who’s Hispanic and bisexual, the College Fix said — talked about something else. 

“I was really nervous to get up here because there’s a lot of white people in the crowd,” she said to her audience. When a chuckle was heard, she added, “That wasn’t a joke.”

“I wish this many people came out to our racial demonstrations and our Black Lives Matter movement,” Melecio said before deciding to take a moment to “list out some facts that many of you probably don’t know.”

She then shrugged her shoulders and added, “Because you’re white.”