professionally, I can tell you.”

Trump hosted a reserved 

event, travelling with just a 
few of his Black supporters — 
including former Republican 
contender Dr. Ben Carson.

The 
GOP 
candidate 
also 

decided to give a short speech to 
the congregation, after turning 
down the offer previously. The 
speech lasted 10 minutes — 
an uncharacteristically short 
speech for the candidate.

Trump chose not to speak 

about the situation of African 
Americans or to ask them to 
take a chance on him, as he did 
when visiting Akron, Ohio, in 
August. Instead, he praised the 
work of Black Christians and 
spoke of the hope that America 
can “turn again to our Christian 
heritage to lift up the soul of our 
nation.”

Trump also called for more 

conversation among different 
communities in the United 

States.

“We talk past each other and 

not to each other,” Trump said. 
“And those who seek office do 
not do enough to step into the 
community and learn what’s 
going on. I’m here today to 
learn, so that we can together 
remedy injustice in any form, 
and so that we can also remedy 
economics so that the African-
American 
community 
can 

benefit economically through 
jobs and income and so many 
other different ways.”

Both religious and Black 

voters will be important to 
Trump in building a winning 
electoral map. Trump currently 
has close to four-fifths of 
white, evangelical voters, but 
isn’t polling nearly as well 
among the African-American 
community, and a recent Wall 
Street 
Journal/NBC/Marist 

poll found Trump has zero 
percent of the Black vote in 
two key swing states: Ohio and 
Pennsylvania. Another WSJ/
NBC poll found Trump polling 
at 1 percent of the Black vote 

nationwide compared to Hillary 
Clinton’s 91 percent.

Saturday’s stop was Trump’s 

second attempt at appealing 
to 
the 
African-American 

community in Michigan, albeit 
in noticeably different fashions. 
When Trump made a campaign 
stop in Dimondale, Mich. last 
month, he spoke of issues he 
hoped to improve within the 
African-American community, 
particularly in cities like Detroit.

While 
speaking 
to 
a 

predominantly 
white 
crowd 

in Akron, Ohio, last month, 
Trump said, “Our government 
has totally failed our African-
American friends, our Hispanic 
friends and the people of our 
country. ... What the hell do you 
have to lose? Give me a chance. 
I’ll straighten it out.”

Trump’s changing message to 

African-Americans has drawn 
a range of reactions in past 
months including significant 
backlash after his Dimondale 
and 
Akron 
comments. 
His 

Detroit speech was more well 
received by the public.

Sunday night on the Diag, about 

100 students gathered around the ‘M’ 

to honor the late 17-year old western 

lowland gorilla Harambe, who was 

shot at a zoo on May 28. Organizers 

said they intended the event to serve 

as a space where students set aside 

their differences in order to honor the 

animal.

Harambe was killed at the 

Cincinnati Zoo last spring after 

a four year old boy fell into his 

enclosure. Two of the other gorillas 

in the exhibit were led back inside 

by zookeepers. Harambe, however, 

could not be coaxed back in and was 

considered a danger to the child’s life.

Internet footage showed the 

gorilla dragging the child through 

water, helping him to his feet, and 

pushing him. After a few minutes, zoo 

officials made a decision to shoot.

In the days following, memes of 

Harambe and various other gorillas 

went viral, with many expressing 

outrage at the zoo’s choice to shoot.

LSA junior Jenna Roby said she 

heard about the vigil online and went 

to the event out of curiosity. She found 

it hard to tell whether or not people 

actually cared about the animal’s 

death.

“It was a very interesting 

experience, because I couldn’t tell 

who was taking seriously and who 

was just doing it for a laugh,” Roby 

said.

During the vigil, students lit 

candles in remembrance while 

standing around a stuffed gorilla and 

banana.

Roby said she met people who 

had drove 45 minutes to attend the 

event.

“In general it was pretty amusing 

to see all this happening over an 

Internet meme,” Roby said. “I thought 

Harambe jokes were funny, and now 

maybe a little overdone, but I haven’t 

really thought anything deeper than 

that.”

Over the past few months, the 

viral images of Harambe have been 

used to convey a series of causes 

beyond the gorilla’s death. Among 

some conservative groups, Harambe 

memes were popularly used to 

mock what they described as liberal 

hysteria. Among others, Harambe 

memes were used to detail the lack 

of coverage of real issues on social 

justice in the mainstream media. 

Months after the gorilla’s death, the 

incident has become infamous. Rap 

artist, Young Thug, recently recorded 

a song called “Harambe,” who he 

names as one of his idols.

LSA junior Will Jermyn, another 

vigil attendee, said he was also not 

sure what to make of the event.

“I thought it was kind of strange,” 

he said. “At first I wasn’t sure what 

it was. I was walking through and 

all these people started chanting 

‘Harambe.’ I started laughing because 

I thought it was kind of ridiculous.”

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Luke Winslow-King

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WHAT: The Men’s Glee Club, 
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Ken Foster Reading

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EXCEL Lab Open House

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Study Abroad First Step 
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Harbaugh says Kareem 
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