College Remembers Gerald Penny ’77
In a ceremony on the 50th anniversary of his death in Pratt Pool, the college community remembered Gerald Penny ’77, who drowned during a college-mandated swimming test.
anti-racism
Researchers Lay Out Amherst History of Racial Exploitation, Slaveholding
At a panel event on April 11, four researchers shared insights into Amherst's racially exploitative past. Topics of discussion included the college's connections to slavery, the town of Amherst's reparations, and the generational impact on descendants of Black ancestors.
Presidential Scholar Hartman Satirizes Institutional Antiracism
Professor Saidiya Hartman, a prominent interdisciplinary scholar of Black history, spoke at Johnson Chapel Thursday, April 6 as part of the President's Colloquium on Race and Racism, where she previewed a piece of fiction that pokes fun at performative political speech.
AAS Hears Findings on College’s Connections to Slavery
A researcher hired by the college to examine Amherst’s racial history and economic ties to slavery up to and through the 1860s, Mike Jirik, outlined highlights of his findings thus far at the regular meeting of The Association of Amherst Students (AAS) on Feb. 27.
Black Perspective: Protect and Serve — The “Us” in Justice
As Derek Chauvin’s trial
[https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-police-chief-derek-chauvin-in-no-way-should-ve-kept-george-floyd-pinned-by-the-neck/600042338/]
regarding the death of George Floyd continues into its second week, Black people
nationwide are again painfully forced to watch a process that seems rigged
against them. We watched Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman, get
acquitted in 2013
We Need More Than Just Diversity Training
Several weeks ago, I wrote an article
[https://www.amherststudent.com/article/smith-college-free-speech-and-the-modern-left]
in response to New York Times coverage
[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/smith-college-race.html] of race
relations at Smith College, which argued for a more methodical and nuanced
approach to accountability and investigation of
In Response to Atlanta Spa Shootings, Asian Students Grieve, Mobilize and Call for Action
The killing of eight people, six of whom were Asian women, on March 16 in a
series of three mass shootings in Atlanta, Georgia devastated the college’s
Asian and Asian American community. In an email sent the following day,
President Biddy Martin condemned the attacks, offering resources and support