BU’s marketing — and the handful of diversity victories — it clings to is not representative of its reality. Though it may be implementing anti-racist policies, the change is not visible in classrooms, on campus or at an administrative level.

The new CAS seminar “Direct Action and African American Literature” differs from a typical class structure by having students design a project that supports communities of color, in line with what assistant professor Ianna Hawkins Owen said is the course theme: “Black direct action over time.”