A group of liberal activists at Claremont McKenna College called out minority students and faculty who disagreed with their cause by placing them on a “shady person of color” list, the Claremont Independent reports.
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Students involved in racial protests on the California campus in November circulated a list of public demands, such as the resignation of the college dean and the creation of a permanent “safe space” on campus.
A private version of this document, however, also includes, for reasons unknown, a list of SPOCs—Shady Persons of Color, a term that was often invoked on campus at the height of the protests—arranged as members of a royal court: King, Queen, Prince, “Ignorant,” and Court Jester.
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The list includes the names of minority CMC students and faculty that protest leaders believed has disrespected their movement by expressing some form of disagreement with the protestors. The “King” SPOC was Brandon Gonzalez, the assistant dean of admissions, who led a diversity initiative that protestors found problematic. “Queen” SPOC Hannah Oh was the editor-in-chief of the Claremont Independent; she criticized the protestors tactics in an op-ed.
College campuses have become a hotbed of racial protests in the last couple of years, and have been a source of tension between administrators and activist students demanding greater representation for minority views on campus. For example, emails obtained by Heat Street reveal the chaos that engulfed the University of Missouri during the widely publicized student protests in late 2015.
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