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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Recently read two newspaper articles about racism at Bates College. Very disturbing allegations. One involved the dismissal of the longtime head of security at Bates College, while the other shares details of a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by the head football coach at Bates College.

Agree that Bates College and Colgate University offer contrasting environments. I doubt that a student well suited for one would be comfortable at the other as Colgate is quite preppy and fratty with lots of students targeting Wall Street finance type positions, whereas Bates offers a crunchy, granola option for those interested in environmental issues as well as the study of psychology. (And, yes, I am aware that Colgate offers psychology & environmental studies options.)

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Interesting and surprising - do you recall where you read these? [/quote]

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Football coach: https://www.sunjournal.com/2022/04/09/bates-college-accused-of-racial-discrimination-by-its-former-football-coach/

Security officer: https://www.sunjournal.com/2021/04/28/bates-college-fires-a-top-campus-safety-officer/[/quote]

So you are telling us that there's racism at colleges? Wow, who knew?  Seriously, this is happening everywhere.  Amherst tried to fix their racism problems with a new Black lacrosse coach.  Now he's suing them, too.  https://www.gazettenet.com/Federal-lawsuit-accuses-Amherst-College-of-racial-discrimination-42008815  Many incidents involving student athletes as well.  https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2016/12/12/amherst-college-cross-country/

As a side note to the football coach story, Bates football is a drain on the school and needs to just be cut.  They have been horrible for a long time but pressure from alum keeps the team going.  What a waste of resources and a source of problems for too long.  The allegations are serious and that will play out with lawyers.  Being a Black person in the whitest state in the US isn't going to be easy no matter how liberal the college is.  All of these schools (many of which my family has attended) talk a good game but racism in baked into our institutions.  And clashes between students and campus security have been going on for decades.  It was a problem when I was a student at my SLAC and the same problems continue to this day. But from what I know from my kid these security officers were on a power trip during Covid - just looking for ways to get them in trouble.  Playing jenga in a dorm common space? Right, that's exactly what we should all have been worried about during Covid.

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