'In-your-face racism' at an elite campus: Black students raise alarm at Pomona College ^72.3%

Los Angeles Times - By Jaweed Kaleem - 4/24/2026, 10:00 AM

Anecdotal 25% - Negativity Bias 17.7% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 12.6%

Pomona College in Claremont has long projected the ideals of a liberal arts education: elite academics, small classes and deep student-faculty ties against a backdrop of lush courtyards at one of the nation’s most selective campuses. That image is now under strain. A series of anti-Black incidents has unsettled the campus, raising... more