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Evergreen State College Resurrects Its No Whites Allowed ‘Day Of Absence’

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The Evergreen State College is doubling down on a no-white-people-allowed “Day of Absence” after the controversial proposal made national headlines in 2017.

Students have created a new three-day version of the event for 2018, which will include events on and off campus, according to The College Fix.

Certain events are billed as being open to the public, but others are restricted to “people of color” only, The College Fix reported. A school poster obtained by The College Fix stated all segregated events will be held off-campus. It also directed students to RSVP to a website that spells out the words “No Nazis Allowed” in its web address.

Evergreen State stated in 2017 the program would be replaced, forcing students to operate independently of the university for future “Day of Absence” events.

The racially charged ceremonies will begin Wednesday and last until the end of the week on Friday, according to organizers who spoke with The College Fix. The theme for the week will be “Deinstitutionalize/Decolonize.”

“The mission of this event is to bring POC [people of color] together in order to create a reclamation of space and move forward into the future,” the RSVP page stated. “In reaction to [the] institution’s consistent disregard for our safety, we are operating independently of the college. This is a day for us, by us.”

The RSVP page also stated there would be anti-racist workshops available for all “white folks and people who do not identify as POC.”

White biology professor Bret Weinstein was forced into hiding in 2017 for criticizing the program after students began radically protesting his comments. The school ultimately punished 80 students for shutting down the campus.

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