Racist Pomona College Is KKK of the West

Open racism is the key of the day.  This is a schools where students are demanding that a professor not be hired because of her color—she is white.  Now we have a professor that wants to choose students for a class, not based on need or ability to complete the course—nope, it is based on the KKK theory of racism—The professor wants to select students on the basis of race.  Where is Attorney General Sessions in taking money from this school, indicting it for racism, why hasn’t the President of Pomona College pledge not to be racist and fire or expel those that are openly bigots.  Hate is the word of the day at Pomona College.  Ole Mis had nothing on todays Pomona College.  Where is the Democrats Party, the NAACP, the ACLU in protecting students and professors?

Linda Remien is a racist/bigot.  She is no different than George Wallace or Ross Barnett.  Where is the outrage against the corruption of this professor, using bigotry as a means to select students for a class?

““In resolving PERMs I will strive to identify students for whom the small-section setting has the potential to be of particular benefit,” she adds, stressing that “I am especially interested in seeing PERM requests from students of color, first generation or low-income students, international, and students early in their college career (first two years); such students are especially encouraged to apply” [emphasis in original].”

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Prof to admit students into geology class based on race

Matthew Reade The Claremont Independent, 4/26/17

  A geology professor at Pomona College is pledging to use racial preferences to decide which students to accept into a class with a strict enrollment cap.

A geology professor at Pomona College says she will prioritize students of color, immigrants, and low-income students for enrollment in a class with a strict 15-student cap.

A flyer advertising the course on “Southern California Earthquakes and Water,” an introductory geological science class with a particular focus on “the particular geologic challenges” of Southern California, expresses a particular desire for “students from a range of backgrounds whose varied perspectives will contribute to the course.”

Prof seeks “students from a range of backgrounds whose varied perspectives will contribute to the course.”

Unlike most Pomona classes, the course is offered on a permission-only basis, which means that students must submit a written request—colloquially called a “PERM”—to the professor seeking “permission to enroll.” The professor sees all of these requests and may choose among them to fill his or her course.

Typically, professors treat PERMs as a waitlist, selecting students in the order in which they submitted their PERM requests. To the extent that preferential treatment is exercised, it is typically used to ensure that students majoring in a particular field of study are able to enroll in courses for their major ahead of others, who may simply be taking them to fulfill general education requirements.

Dr. Linda Reinen, who will teach the earthquakes course this fall, plans to use her approval authority to prefer students from marginalized backgrounds, such as non-whites and low-income students, whom she believes will derive “particular benefit” from a smaller and less competitive course.

“I encourage students who PERM this course to indicate how their background, experience, and/or interests could contribute to diversifying perspectives in the course,” she states in the flyer.

“In resolving PERMs I will strive to identify students for whom the small-section setting has the potential to be of particular benefit,” she adds, stressing that “I am especially interested in seeing PERM requests from students of color, first generation or low-income students, international, and students early in their college career (first two years); such students are especially encouraged to apply” [emphasis in original].

The circular does not explain how preferential approval on the basis of race, income, national origin, or age might provide a tangible benefit in a course on geological science or why the students she mentions would stand to benefit more from a small-section class than other students.

Reinen did not respond to the Independent’s requests for comment.