{"id":31421,"date":"2021-03-11T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=31421"},"modified":"2021-03-11T15:52:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T20:52:56","slug":"the-mostly-non-white-liberal-arts-college-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/11\/the-mostly-non-white-liberal-arts-college-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"The mostly-non-white liberal arts college in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We received a copy of <em>Bowdoin <\/em>magazine, the official publication of the liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/aerial-photos-of-bowdoin-college-and-brunswick\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"30074\">these aerial photos<\/a>. I emailed the intended recipient, an alumna of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/student-aid\/cost-of-attendance\/index.html\">$72,000\/year school<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>From reading your alumni magazine and looking at the photos, I learned that Bowdoin has 0% white male students, graduates, and faculty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The front and back covers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1520\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.02.44-1140x1520.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31423\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=31423\" class=\"wp-image-31423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.02.44-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.02.44-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.02.44-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.02.44-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.02.44-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.02.44-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1520\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-21.44.22-1140x1520.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31424\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=31424\" class=\"wp-image-31424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-21.44.22-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-21.44.22-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-21.44.22-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-21.44.22-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-21.44.22-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-21.44.22-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1520\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-1140x1520.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31427\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=31427\" class=\"wp-image-31427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a white person among the illustrator&#8217;s conception of students at elite schools, but the gender ID is unclear (big earring in one ear; female fashion model-style legs?):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.03.33-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.03.33-1520x1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31425\" width=\"491\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.03.33-1520x1140.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.03.33-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.03.33-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.03.33-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.03.33-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.03.33-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>No better place to learn about Africa than the central Maine coast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-1140x1520.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31427\" width=\"443\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.04.07-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Choosing to live in an all-white state means that you can &#8220;fight for [racial inequity] causes&#8221; by putting a sign on your lawn (text at top left):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.05.51-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.05.51-1140x1520.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31428\" width=\"433\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.05.51-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.05.51-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.05.51-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.05.51-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.05.51-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.05.51-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From a student who has some ancestry from India:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.17.31-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.17.31-1520x1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31429\" width=\"437\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.17.31-1520x1140.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.17.31-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.17.31-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.17.31-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.17.31-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.17.31-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(Her parents might be hoping that she isn&#8217;t able to deliver on her &#8220;progressive&#8221; goals, at least with respect to taxation. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_United_States_by_household_income\">Indian-Americans have a median household income that is 2X what white Americans earn<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A professor writes about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willie_Horton\">Willie Horton<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.18.05-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.18.05-1520x1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31430\" width=\"441\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.18.05-1520x1140.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.18.05-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.18.05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.18.05-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.18.05-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-01-21-20.18.05-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rate-my-professors.blogspot.com\/2019\/02\/anthony-walton-bowdoin-college.html\">Anthony Walton, Bowdoin professo<\/a>r:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Hide in home bunker from COVID-19. Watch direct deposit paychecks pile up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>His self-designated doppelganger, from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willie_Horton\">Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>William R. Horton (born August 12, 1951) is an American convicted felon who, while serving a life sentence for murder (without the possibility of parole), was the beneficiary of a Massachusetts weekend furlough program. He did not return from his furlough, and ultimately committed assault, armed robbery, and rape before being captured and sentenced in Maryland where he remains incarcerated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>What else is in here? Alumni created a &#8220;beer celebrating racial justice&#8221; (but where does racial <em>justice <\/em>exist?). &#8220;Maine outlawed racial slurs as place names in 1977,&#8221; but five Maine islands were only renamed in 2020 (43 years after the law was passed). &#8220;In 2019, Maine passed a law banning Native American mascots&#8221; (e.g., a school with a sports team named after a tribe).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We received a copy of Bowdoin magazine, the official publication of the liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine featured in these aerial photos. 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