Debate Flares After Black College Students Seek a Non-White Roommate

In most respects, the roommate-wanted notice seemed routine. Three students at the Claremont colleges in Southern California were looking for a fourth this summer to join them in an off-campus house. They added a caveat in parentheses: “POC only,” they said, using a common abbreviation for people of color.  When a classmate challenged that condition, the Pitzer College student who posted the notice on Facebook pushed back.