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Students Lock Themselves Inside Buildings to Protest College’s Diversity Scandal
Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:33 am
Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:33 am
Students Lock Themselves Inside Buildings to Protest College’s Diversity Scandal
Tensions boiled over at Connecticut College this week, with students locking themselves inside campus buildings over several race-related issues, including the dean of diversity abruptly quitting in February after the school planned a fundraising trip to a social club with an alleged history of discrimination.
On Wednesday, hundreds of staff members and students gathered outside Fanning Hall—which houses the president’s office—to cheer on the occupiers and call for the ouster of President Katherine Bergeron.
The diversity scandal came to a head after the school planned a Feb. 8 fundraising trip to the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Florida, which students and the former Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion Rodmon King accused of having a racist and antisemitic past. The club reportedly had a pattern of excluding Black and Jewish people as members when it opened in 1919, according to the editorial board of student newspaper The College Voice.
“We don’t want to take donations from people who are racist or antisemitic,” Connecticut College student Leila Merhi told Connecticut Public radio.
The College Voice claimed Connecticut College President Katherine Bergeron was aware of the Everglades Club’s shady history and still chose to hold a fundraiser there. The event was ultimately canceled on Feb. 6.
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But it wasn’t enough. On Feb. 23, Student Voices for Equity, a group created after King’s departure, launched an online petition demanding Bergeron’s resignation, transparency in the search for a new college president, increased diversity initiatives and offices, more people of color employed at the school, more readily available resources for students from marginalized communities, and stronger support of various ethnic studies programs.
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Tensions boiled over at Connecticut College this week, with students locking themselves inside campus buildings over several race-related issues, including the dean of diversity abruptly quitting in February after the school planned a fundraising trip to a social club with an alleged history of discrimination.
On Wednesday, hundreds of staff members and students gathered outside Fanning Hall—which houses the president’s office—to cheer on the occupiers and call for the ouster of President Katherine Bergeron.
The diversity scandal came to a head after the school planned a Feb. 8 fundraising trip to the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Florida, which students and the former Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion Rodmon King accused of having a racist and antisemitic past. The club reportedly had a pattern of excluding Black and Jewish people as members when it opened in 1919, according to the editorial board of student newspaper The College Voice.
“We don’t want to take donations from people who are racist or antisemitic,” Connecticut College student Leila Merhi told Connecticut Public radio.
The College Voice claimed Connecticut College President Katherine Bergeron was aware of the Everglades Club’s shady history and still chose to hold a fundraiser there. The event was ultimately canceled on Feb. 6.
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But it wasn’t enough. On Feb. 23, Student Voices for Equity, a group created after King’s departure, launched an online petition demanding Bergeron’s resignation, transparency in the search for a new college president, increased diversity initiatives and offices, more people of color employed at the school, more readily available resources for students from marginalized communities, and stronger support of various ethnic studies programs.
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This post was edited on 3/2/23 at 10:56 am
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Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:35 am to djmed
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But it wasn’t enough. On Feb. 23, Student Voices for Equity, a group created after King’s departure, launched an online petition demanding Bergeron’s resignation, transparency in the search for a new college president, increased diversity initiatives and offices, more people of color employed at the school, more readily available resources for students from marginalized communities, and stronger support of various ethnic studies programs.
Take take take. That's all these students are about.
Wish these schools would take a stand against these heathens.
Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:36 am to idlewatcher
It's a private school. I say let them frick around and find out.
Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:36 am to djmed
Good. Expel them all.
Throwing a hissy fit over a ginned-up "scandal" underscores how they aren't ready for adulthood, so send them back home to suckle more from mommy and daddy while they stock shelves at WalMart.
Throwing a hissy fit over a ginned-up "scandal" underscores how they aren't ready for adulthood, so send them back home to suckle more from mommy and daddy while they stock shelves at WalMart.
Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:39 am to djmed
I really wish a university president would call a press conference when something like this happens, and line by line tells the entire group of protesters to get bent.
Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:40 am to djmed
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But it wasn’t enough. On Feb. 23, Student Voices for Equity, a group created after King’s departure, launched an online petition demanding Bergeron’s resignation, transparency in the search for a new college president, increased diversity initiatives and offices, more people of color employed at the school, more readily available resources for students from marginalized communities, and stronger support of various ethnic studies programs.
Would’ve been better off just not scheduling the fundraiser at all.
Damn.
Also the campus is 68% white,10% Hispanic 4%asian, 3.8% black
They need more diversity in the student body it looks like to me . #collegesowhite
Also found this
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The honor code underpins all academic and social interactions at the college and creates a palpable spirit of trust and cooperation between students and faculty. Other manifestations of the code include self-scheduled, non-proctored final exams.[41][42]
What a joke. I bet everyone aces those exams
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Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:41 am to djmed
Tear gas & zip cuffs.
Seems pretty simple.
Seems pretty simple.
Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:41 am to djmed
We all lock our doors due to diversity
Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:47 am to djmed
When students do this on school property they should immediately be expelled and led out in handcuffs.
Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:48 am to djmed
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The diversity scandal came to a head after the school planned a Feb. 8 fundraising trip to the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Florida, which students and the former Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion Rodmon King accused of having a racist and antisemitic past. The club reportedly had a pattern of excluding Black and Jewish people as members when it opened in 1919, according to the editorial board of student newspaper The College Voice.
using this same standard we should all be protesting against the Democratic Party...
Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:49 am to djmed
Im sure these students are going to make fine additions to some company in the future!
Things are looking up!
Things are looking up!
Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:52 am to djmed
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But it wasn’t enough.
No shite. That unicorn hasn’t been found. Never will be as long as their tantrums are taken seriously.
Posted on 3/2/23 at 10:55 am to djmed
What a bunch of pussified excuses for college students...
Posted on 3/2/23 at 11:03 am to djmed
quote:So did every club, likely including the school they go to. It blows my mind when people protest an entity that has already fixed the very thing that is being protested against.
The club reportedly had a pattern of excluding Black and Jewish people as members when it opened in 1919
Posted on 3/2/23 at 11:04 am to idlewatcher
“Or how about I give you the finger and put you on academic probation for ditching class?”
Posted on 3/2/23 at 11:05 am to martiansgohome
Pretty much.
Only one major party has had a “Klanbake” at their national convention. And it wasn’t the GOP.
Only one major party has had a “Klanbake” at their national convention. And it wasn’t the GOP.
Posted on 3/2/23 at 11:05 am to djmed
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We don’t want to take donations from people who are racist or antisemitic
Go ahead and shut down the school then. Probably tons of donations have flooded this college from people who were, as the new woke mob claims, racist and/or anti-Semitic.
Posted on 3/2/23 at 11:05 am to djmed
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“We don’t want to take donations from people who are racist or antisemitic,”
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a social club with an alleged history of discrimination.
Do they think they are still actively discriminating?
Posted on 3/2/23 at 11:11 am to Clyde Tipton
How many members from 1919 are still participating in anything but Dem GOTV efforts?
Posted on 3/2/23 at 11:19 am to djmed
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Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Florida
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The club reportedly had a pattern of excluding Black and Jewish people as members when it opened in 1919
Wait till they find out that Trump fought to get blacks and Jews into Mar-a-Lago. Their heads are going to explode with confusion
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