Financial Compensation, Affirmative Action, More Money for TherapyStudents who attend a wealthy and elite cluster of schools in Southern California are demanding various forms of reparations, citing racial strife and other injustices they allegedly face.
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The various forms of reparations some students seek for the oppression they say they face includes financial compensation, affirmative action and more money for therapy.
At Pomona College, for example, a handful of black students have shared their Venmo accounts, a payment service app, with their peers, seeking “tangible capital … for our labor.” Their labor? A widely circulated letter that condemns “truth” as an invention of white people...
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At the women’s-only Scripps, students have their own complaints. A flier hung there in March advises students of color to charge their white peers for “emotional labor” inflicted upon them — referring to the effort exerted when a student of color corrects or educates a white student in some manner.
“Charge for your services,” the flier states. “If you’ve decided you’re going to do it, at least get paid.”
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