Access to Pomona College ‘Safe Space’ Allegedly Based on Race
“The online form does not explicitly state white males are not allowed, but”
So-called progressives are actually moving us backwards.
The College Fix reports:
Students of color allowed ‘safe space’ without white males at Pomona College
A Students of Color Alliance lounge that requires students fill out a form listing what identity-based group they belong to before being granted electronic ID card swipe access to the venue has been established at an elite private college in Southern California.
Pomona College administrators approved the swipe-access decision in November to address student protests after easy access to the lounge had been somewhat restricted for a few years due to COVID-related occupancy rules, The Student Life reported Dec. 2.
The Students of Color Alliance posted on its Instagram page Nov. 28 that “Previously, there was no standardized process for granting swipe access to the lounge, which limited the use of the space as it was intended. Moving forward, there will be a google form that students of color can fill out to request swipe access to the space.”
The recently published online Google form to request swipe access hosted by the Students of Color Alliance asks applicants to provide their name, email, student ID, and the name of the affinity group they are affiliated with, if any.
The online form does not explicitly state white males are not allowed, but “it goes without saying,” said a campus source who asked to remain anonymous in an email to The College Fix, adding they “thought excluding people from access based on their race was illegal.”
Patricia Vest, Pomona’s senior director of communications, told The College Fix: “Per our policy, student spaces at Pomona College are open to all students.”
She did not respond to a follow up question asking whether white males would feel welcome in the lounge and who approves the swipe-card access requests.
DONATE
Donations tax deductible
to the full extent allowed by law.
Comments
I think a dozen white males could profit handsomely here from a class action suit after being denied access. What is Lee Plakas up to these days?
If they were all denied access, they could try suing, but they’d still have to establish that there wasn’t some other basis for their denial. If the college was smart they would make sure they did give access to at least one white male student, so they could trot him out as evidence that they were not doing what they obviously are doing.
If asked say your 23&Me says you have a percentage of north African blood.
If they say prove it demand to see the results of others they admitted. Demand what percentage is allowed.
They say DNA no longer defines you. Demand they adhere to that or abandon it.
“If the college was smart they would make sure they did give access to at least one white male student, so they could trot him out as evidence that they were not doing what they obviously are doing.”
I doubt that a court would be persuaded by such a fig leaf. Especially if, as you say, it is obvious that they are discriminating.
The college would also have to establish that whatever criteria was being used to exclude white males was also being applied equally to women and POC.