University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe resigned last November after being accused of racial discrimination. Wolf handed his resignation to the university’s governing body, which was about to go into a closed door meeting to discuss the complaint filed against him.

According to Breitbart News, the former university president said, “This is not the way change comes about. We stopped listening to each other.”

Addressing the faculty and staff of the university, he further added, “Use my resignation to heal and start talking again to make the changes necessary.”

The complaint against Wolfe stemmed from inaction against alleged racial slurs thrown at black students of the university. On October 10, 2015, protesting students blocked Wolfe’s car and even ran into to fake being hit by the vehicle, forcing him to stay inside his car until the police arrived. His action of not talking to the protesters further complicated the situation. On the evening of that same day, black members of the university’s football team joined in on the protest. And by Sunday, a campus sit-in was in place.

The protest reached its peak when 30 black University of Missouri football players released a statement that they would not take part in any team activity until Wolfe stepped down.

Before Wolfe formally handed in his resignation, there was no indication that he would be leaving his post. A day before he stepped down, he was quoted saying that “change is needed.”

Breitbart News further reported “that the university was working to draw up a plan by April to promote diversity and tolerance.”

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Breitbart.com