“As students at the 5Cs, we have the privilege of residing in a community that feels physically and emotionally distant from ICE activity, despite deportations taking place as close as Pomona County,” Olivia Brinkman PO ’29 writes. “Scrolling through horrific reels, at a loss for what to do, we think to ourselves: What impact do we really have when our government is crumbling around us? This sense of helplessness is exactly what Trump and other elected officials want you to feel — it allows them to continue to exercise their power to commit crimes without facing the consequences. ”
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OPINION: Progressives need to take advantage of white working class anti-elite sentiment
“The white working-class, however, is not a monolith; they are a heterogeneous group with varying levels of class consciousness and prejudice,” writes Hernandez Guerrero PZ ‘29. “While progressive factions seek to mobilize the American working-class, they fail to meaningfully engage the bulk of the white working class, instead painting a harmful caricature of an imagined racist and uneducated underclass not even worth engaging with.”
We The People Are Rising: CSWA supports 5C student attendance of Los Angeles anti-ICE rally
Thanks to efforts by CSWA, 5C students attended the October 4. We The People Are Rising protest in Los Angeles.
5C community responds to Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, new ICE ruling
A Supreme Court decision overturned a Los Angeles ban on immigration stops based on perceived race, ethnicity, language and place of employment on Sept. 8.
Trump executive order causes concern over immigrant and international student safety
Pomona College and Pitzer College informed students about safety regarding ICE and immigration policies.
OPINION: The case for fleeing the country
When Trump first got elected we all remember liberals claiming that this was the last straw, that it was over, that they were done with it all and finally going to Canada. You may remember shaking your head, admonishing them for leaving the nation behind or for posturing like they would ever actually leave. But in this second era, people are actually leaving and Alex Benach PO ’28 argues that they may be right to be concerned.
LA-based artist Phong Huynh highlights the effects of Western beauty standards on the Asian American community with ‘Pretty Hurts’
Huynh reflected on how her experience as a Southeast Asian refugee of Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Chinese ancestry coalesces with western beauty standards, whitewashing her cultural and racial identity.
OPINION: Biden hasn’t brought compassion to the immigration system
Biden isn’t transforming America’s immigration system; Instead, we should support more direct aid for immigrants, says Nicholas Black PO ’24.
5C international students respond to new ICE immigration rules
News that Pomona and Scripps classes will be online next semester came two days after an ICE announcement that has left international students unsure of next steps.
OPINION: Disproportionate representation at elite schools hurts those it’s suppose to help
Black immigrants are overrepresented at elite colleges compared to black Americans because of prejudice that hurts both groups.