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[quote=Anonymous]Pomona College’s Black Student Union (BSU) held a town hall attended by hundreds of students last Wednesday night, alleging that black students had been “subjected to hateful experiences on this campus, experiences that range from microaggressions to explicit hate speech to moments that feel like racial violence” and “persecuted in and out of the classroom for simply existing.” The BSU accused Pomona’s administration of complicity in the creation of a hostile environment, and laid out demands for campus reform. Students focused their criticism on black Pomona administrators, including the President and Dean of Students. Many of the recent incidents fall under the protection of California’s Leonard Law, meaning the College cannot legally pursue disciplinary action.

The College’s Black Student Union published an Instagram video on March 13, a few days after Pomona Dean of Students Avis Hinkson sent a school-wide email with the subject line “Addressing Recent Anti-Black Bias Incidents in our Community,” listing a handful of recent incidents of anti-black racism at the college. The BSU post has received over 21,000 likes and 1,000 comments.

https://www.claremontindependent.com/post/black-student-union-accuses-pomona-administration-of-enabling-racist-environment

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