List of demands by “Students of Hamilton College”

[GMTplus7]

Another campus another circus…
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OSo1bYvTjeawn0VyylV1zXQptDOlYIU7z2FoCkTO6Q0/pub

Some excerpts:

“We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand the end of the inevitable tokenization of all marginalized bodies at Hamilton College. Hamilton College cannot continue to overwhelmingly perpetuate narratives that center whiteness, able-bodied individuals, colonization, heteronormativity, and cisnormativity. The faculty, administration, staff, and student body at Hamilton College almost ubiquitously encompass a single population that continues the exclusion of historically underrepresented communities.”

Concerning the Office of The President and The Board of Trustees
IV. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand for questions aimed at the prospective President-Elects to center systematic oppression and Hamilton College’s accountability with institutional racism. We demand a President of Color for the twentieth President of Hamilton College. The lack of diversity within our College’s history of Executives has perpetuated these existing systematic problems. We demand immediate transparency in the hiring process. We demand the distribution of the minutes from these meetings with applicants. We demand a student lead forum to ask questions to the final candidates. We demand the review of other colleges hiring practices to have them incorporated into the current system.

Concerning Faculty
II. We, the Students of Hamilton College demand that President Joan Hinde Stewart issues a formal apology to all Faculty, Students, Staff, and Administrators of Color, as well as their allies, neither of whom were provided a safe space for them to thrive while at Hamilton College.

Concerning Students
I. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand an immediate increase in the admission and recruitment of Students of Color.

II. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand an increase in Students of Color that do not belong to opportunity programs. The dependence on these scholars for an almost exclusive source of diversity within the student body is unethical. We demand that the Office of Admissions visit schools with underrepresented populations, particularly focusing on public schools with a less than 30 percent Caucasian student body. It creates cultural divides within the Community of Color on campus further fragmenting an underrepresented minority.

III. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand an immediate separation of domestic and international diversity statistics. Using International students to increase diversity statistics is unethical and enforces the tokenization of domestic Students of Color.

IV. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand the immediate an increase in the recruitment of undocumented students to the college. We demand for the endowment of various scholarship programs to benefit these students presence on our campus. Hampshire College of Massachusetts executes an effective model. These undocumented students would be admitted under the Dream Act.

V. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand the immediate institution of free tuition for all Indigenous peoples.

VI. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand additional emergency and miscellaneous funds to support the needs of first generation, low income, undocumented, and international students.

VII. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand better resources for transgender students. We demand medical care providers on campus capable of providing healthcare to transgender-identifying students. We demand the immediate institution of gender-neutral bathrooms in the science center. We demand the immediate institution of gender-neutral housing for all class years, including freshmen We call for our College to streamline the process of changing gender markers, pronouns, and names within College databases. We demand a more trans inclusive application for incoming students that include pronouns for all people regardless of their gender identity. We demand the college to begin the discussion of reducing binary-based language starting with replacing he or she with “they pronouns.”

VIII. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand, that the College allocates certain Student Assembly seats for marginalized and underrepresented groups.

IX. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand an increase in the number of professional development workshops targeted at Students of Color, LGBT+, and other marginalized groups. We demand several financial advisors whose sole purpose is to find and distribute scholarships and financial aid to and for students of color specifically. Including books, travel expenses, medical fees, and others.

X. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand that the mandatory pre-enrollment summer training for incoming freshmen further emphasizes transgender, racial issues, and other issues of intersectionality.

** Concerning the Institution**
X. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand that white faculty are discouraged from leading departments about demographics and societies colonized, massacred, and enslaved.

XII. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand that Elihu Root’s name be removed from all campus property because of his historic role in colonization. We also demand the removal of all other racist hallmarks around campus, such as art and wallpaper in various places. Furthermore, we demand Fall Recess formerly to take on the name of Indigenous People’s Day. In order to create a campus that “embraces differences” we call for the naming of new buildings to honor alumni of Color.

Concerning Facilities
II. We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand a Gender and Sexuality Resource center that will have the facilities to accommodate all LGBT+ students present and future. We demand a Cultural Diversity center that will provide a permanent meeting space to groups such as La Vanguardia, Black Latino Student Union, Hamilton Asian Cultural Exchange, Caribbean Student Association, Feminist of Color Collective, Muslim Student Association, and other vital cultural clubs.

Yours in Solidarity,

The Movement

Can wallpaper be racist?

[Pizzagirl]

My response would be “shut up and go away.”

[HRSMom]

Wow, that’s a lot of big words…

[Pizzagirl]

They demand … Or what? They sound like kidnappers with demands in a ransom note.

[rockvillemom]

Is this for real? Or are we being punk’d?

[GMTplus7]

Did it ever occur to these students to ASK the administration for a constructive dialogue, rather than stamp their feet and hold their breath?

[rockvillemom]

It’s a ridiculously pretentious and obnoxious list of “demands” - with the inclusion of every SAT word they could find. I’d be curious to know how many students - what percentage of the student body - actually support this.

[gettingschooled]

They wish to remain anonymous according to an article I read. They only select members. You cannot ask to join. The masks on their Tumblr site are creepy. Secret societies don’t have constructive dialogues with administration.

[sorghum]

Can a student document EVER be free of stupid errors in English writing?

[rockvillemom]

Apparently not a joke, just ridiculous. Hoping it goes nowhere.

http://news.yahoo.com/hamilton-college-students-present-administration-205300514.html

[zobroward]

my question is why did these students voluntarily choose to attend this school if it is so bad? ( I would love someone to ask this question of the I just need a cause SJW crowd and the puzzled looks and silly and bizarre answers from the cry bullies would be kind of entertaining)
I think saul alinsky rules for radicals should be required reading for every freshman in college…it would better help people understand the method and perhaps the goals.

[sorghum]

formerly to take on the name of Indigenous People’s Day

Formerly? This is painful.

[InfinityMan]

If they had just replaced the words “We demand” with “We request”… no wait. It’ll still sound stupid.
But at least would’ve been politer. You want a completely “safe space”, build a nuclear shelter.
And stay in it.

[TurnerT]

The school should ask the group to prepare a presentation to the Board of Trustees that specifically addresses these issues, a plan of action, a budget and cost/benefit analysis covering all students.

This is a good way to keep them busy and teach them a lesson.

[zobroward]

“safe space”— from what? who knows.maybe a safe space is needed for for mommy and daddy’s bank account because it is going to lose a lot of $$$$
http://www.hamilton.edu/finaid/tuition

[sorghum]

But they don’t want to cover ALL students, only those of “color”.

[SouthFloridaMom9]

with the inclusion of every SAT word they could find.

;))

[ohiovalley16]

They drew heavily from the 1950 (UMissouri) list of demands. Let’s discipline 'em for plagiarism.

Back in the day this used to be called “reverse discrimination.” Now it’s okay?

@Pizzagirl and @GMTplus7 I’ve been saying the same thing for a month. Many of us associate “demands” with terrorism, kidnapping, and extortion. The word instantly sets a tone of adversarial stances and intimidation. How about requests, negotiation, and respect?

I am not a racist, but if one can get called one for not kowtowing to kids who don’t know their place, I’m not sure I care. Have at it. “Sticks and stones.” Show that being called a name bothers you and bullies will use it as a club, that’s what I was always taught.

[musicamusica]

I can’t get that wallpaper out of my mind. I’ve felt oppressed by bad taste but it never occurred to me to write any sort of manifesto demanding its removal.

[woogzmama]

The manifesto is packaged in a way that invites ridicule and derision, which is unfortunate, since many of the issues addressed seem valid to me. I suspect they are especially egregious at a small, semi-rural, upstate college like Hamilton. For instance, it is perfectly legitimate to request a college to disclose information about how it defines “diversity.” Are almost all African-Americans recruited athletes, or a disproportionate number of Latinos actually wealthy South Americans? A college should be challenged if it pronounces a commitment to diversity, but only sends admissions recruiters to prep schools and affluent suburbs.

I think students should be represented in the search for a college President, as well.

I don’t fear the label of “Political Correctness” when that is merely a term used by lunchroom bullies to justify their own incivility and archaic ideas about people who are different from themselves. I will be sixty on my next birthday, and would disappear if I were any whiter. I was raised to treat others with respect and consideration, and to acknowledge that they might, occasionally, be worth listening to.