See the signatories here To the Yale Community: Recent on-campus events and related discussions between students and administrators highlight the longstanding and institutionalized inequalities that exist at our university. This history and its complex legacies will only be dispelled by critique, social commitment, and hard work at many levels of policy and practice. Calls for…
by Olivia Kelvorn Over the past week people across campus have been alerted to the fact that women of color are in pain. They are hurt by a failure of the administration to represent them, to incorporate them into curriculum, to show them the same respect they show white students, and to acknowledge the effort,…
Voices from the Movement (pdf)
by Christian White Dear Associate Master Christakis, My name is Christian White and I’m a sophomore in Silliman College, a space I’d like to think you’ve made yourself familiar with. Let me begin by saying that I don’t know you and I’ve never met you, even though we reside in the same space. With that…
On Tuesday, November 3rd, members of the Black Student Alliance at Yale gathered to discuss the recent events affecting Black students and students of color on this campus, in particular the email from Erika Christakis regarding cultural appropriation and the incidence of women of color being refused entry to the SAE party, in addition to…