Beautiful essay. But let’s not make too much of this. Wasn’t there a black dorm at Cornell in the sixties or seventies? Let it go and let it run its course, is my feeling. It’s more respectful to let it go.
They may think they are creating “safe spaces”, but I guarantee you they will be anything but that......
“Wasn’t there a black dorm at Cornell in the sixties or seventies?”
Yeah, and it led to an armed takeover of the student union (Willard Straight Hall) in the spring of 1969. Remember the headline, “America under the gun”? These “scholars” were given the opportunity to study for free at one of the great colleges, and had their own segregated (and also free) living accommodations, but it wasn’t enough for them. They also needed an Afros Study Department so they could wallow in their own political s**t.