Amid the ongoing nationwide protests—sparked by the deaths George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many other Black people at the hands of the police—a reckoning has come for institutions that continue to (at best) tolerate and (at worst) foster racism.
Tony private schools have been called out for creating spaces where racism is rampant. Black students and alumni have created Instagram accounts to share their experiences anonymously, shining a light on how pervasive racist comments and actions from students, parents, and teachers can be in these largely white and privileged schools. Among the prep schools with such accounts are Brearley, Chapin, Andover, Exeter, Dalton, and Trinity—and that's just a small sampling.
Colleges, too, have come under fire. Schools like Bucknell and Amherst have accounts dedicated to sharing Black experiences, and an account with the handle @blackivystories is gathering stories from Black people at all Ivy League institutions. As with the rest of these accounts, the posts from Black Ivy Stories are stomach-turning.
A Dartmouth student in the class of 2021 shared that their Freshman year, "When [my friends] went to a popular frat for a party, the brothers told them to go in through the dog door while the white students went through the regular door. These friends are all Black, like me."
A Princeton student in the same year wrote, "My freshman year roommate demanded a room change when she found out I was Black. That one still hurts."
So far, there are nine stories posted on the account, all shared within the last two days.
Chloe is a News Writer for Townandcountrymag.com, where she covers royal news, from the latest additions to Meghan Markle’s staff to Queen Elizabeth’s monochrome fashions; she also writes about culture, often dissecting TV shows like The Marvelous Mrs Maisel and Killing Eve.
