Black Students United issued a statement on Thursday “apologizing for the delay in response” after one of the 12 demands delivered to President Martha Pollack last month was met with increased controversy, both on and off campus. The BSU demand, which was not retracted or changed in the statement, called on the Cornell admissions office to increase the presence of “underrepresented Black students,” which it defined as African Americans who have been in the country for more than two generations. “Black Student Group Complains Ivy League School Is Letting In Too Many African Students” read a headline from The Daily Caller. Similar articles critical of the demand also ran in the Atlanta Black Star and Townhall. “The purpose of the demand was specifically to address the need for an increased presence of underrepresented Black American students at Cornell,” the statement, issued on BSU’s Facebook page, said.

Source: Daily Sun October 13, 2017 21:33 UTC