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.
Multiple BU library staff members have been denied full workplace accommodations and are required to work in person for a certain number of hours per week.
The University should be using its resources and platform to practice anti-racist work and learn about, rather than shy away from, the challenges faced by Black, Indigenous and people of color.
College is typically not how the media portrays it. It’s not a seamless transition into adulthood with an alternative soundtrack playing in the background.
This country has a lot of work to do in learning how to effectively combat the racist values it was built on. But BU can make an incredible contribution to the future of this nation if it commits to doing even more than matching a donation amount.
The amount of international students choosing colleges in the United States for an education is increasing, according to aMonday report from The Institute of International Education, and the number...
