Evergreen State students putting on their own no-whites-allowed 'Day of Absence' this year

Brett T. | 7:07 PM on April 26, 2018

Remember the “student takeover” of Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., last year?

White and “deeply progressive” biology professor Bret Weinstein was warned by campus police that he might not be safe on campus following his opposition to a white-free “Day of Absence.” The backlash was so great that Weinstein held his class in a park off campus; he now refers to himself in his Twitter bio as “Professor in Exile.”

It looks like the college has canceled the Day of Absence, but the students are going ahead with “A day for us, by us” anyway, offering yoga (for people of color only), a POC-only leadership skills workshop, a POC-only solidarity panel discussion, and a POC-only action planning session — and something about “deconstructing whiteness.”

The @EvergreenStCol students are putting on their own Day of Absence this year. Note they are self segregating now pic.twitter.com/NLPLtpGuLS

— Benjamin Boyce (@BenjaminABoyce) April 26, 2018

https://twitter.com/BenjaminABoyce/status/989600213047300096

Weinstein weighed in:

This is fascinating on many levels. The college canceled Day of Absence, so the students are going to do it. Note the structure of their pyramid. https://t.co/AslwtFl8Un

— Bret Weinstein (@BretWeinstein) April 26, 2018

Interesting how they insert a hierarchy into their design. It's almost as if equality isn't really what they want. Funny that. https://t.co/4q36V5ji2e

— Bantu Rhino – The People's Rhino (@Bantu_Rhino) April 26, 2018

https://twitter.com/YeyoZa/status/989625742769184768

Progress. Soon we will have separate bathrooms and water fountains. "PoC only." This is at a state college. The taxpayers of Washington are funding this. Evergreen in this instance is a bittersweet adjective https://t.co/o61LrfVuRv

— Sean Patrick (@CustomFitz) April 26, 2018