#black at wellesley
Wellesley Underground has invited Black students and alumni of Wellesley College to tell us about their undergraduate experiences. We are inspired by the various social media accounts created by alumni and students at various schools and colleges across the country calling attention to instances of racism, anti-Black racism, and xenophobia. Below is one of the submissions we received:
“I distinctly remember there being an article in Counterpoint written by a black student about why they didn’t want to join Ethos or didn’t think it should exist - something along those lines - and having a white acquaintance not be able to contain their glee in reading said article, largely because they didn’t believe that there should have been an Ethos. (Interestingly, they didn’t seem to have a problem with any of the other affinity groups). I once sat through lunch in the dining hall when that same acquaintance who remarked that it was rude for a friend of theirs to say that someone they knew only got into college because they were Indian “even if it was true.” I grew up in a diverse community and only felt black (and poor AF) for the first time at Wellesley.”
-CH ‘09
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If you have a story that you would like to share with WU, we are taking submissions here.
Wellesley Underground has invited Black students and alumni of Wellesley College to tell us about their undergraduate experiences. We are inspired by the various social media accounts created by alumni and students at various schools and colleges across the country calling attention to instances of racism, anti-Black racism, and xenophobia. Below is one of the submissions we received:
“I remember having a racist interaction with Carla Verschoor that caused me to lose confidence in my abilities. Would be nice to have a black or Latina premed adviser to keep people from dropping out. Needs to be more work done to encourage black and brown students to stay in the sciences.”
-Andrea ‘06
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If you have a story that you would like to share with WU, we are taking submissions here.
Wellesley Underground has invited Black students and alumni of Wellesley College to tell us about their undergraduate experiences. We are inspired by the various social media accounts created by alumni and students at various schools and colleges across the country calling attention to instances of racism, anti-Black racism, and xenophobia. Below is one of the submissions we received:
“Mona Lisa Smile and the “Not Too Tan” casting call for student extras. I don’t need to expound. It was a helluva time to be Black at Wellesley. It was the first time I understood that no matter what I do, no matter how much of the same elite space we occupy, I will always be reminded that I’m just a n*****.”
-Hollee ‘00
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If you have a story that you would like to share with WU, we are taking submissions here.
Wellesley Underground has invited Black students and alumni of Wellesley College to tell us about their undergraduate experiences. We are inspired by the various social media accounts created by alumni and students at various schools and colleges across the country calling attention to instances of racism, anti-Black racism, and xenophobia. Below is one of the submissions we received:
“I had a professor who would constantly try to argue with me about things I said or tell me that I was wrong. However when another student would point out that I was right and say the same points as me in slightly different words, the professor would proceed to say “oh well I guess Wendy was right”. I was the only black person and it was so infuriating that at a certain point I just stopped participating.”
-Wendy ‘23
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If you have a story that you would like to share with WU, we are taking submissions here.
