{"id":221,"date":"2025-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/?p=221"},"modified":"2026-01-06T20:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:27:31","slug":"uconn-anti-black-racism-course-requirement-placed-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/2025\/11\/04\/uconn-anti-black-racism-course-requirement-placed-on-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Anti-Black racism course requirement placed on hold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Sara Bedi\u00adgian & Bre\u00adan\u00adna Bon\u00adner
UConn Jour\u00adnal\u00adism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STORRS, CONN. - Senator and Undergraduate Student Government President Andy Zhang speaks to the UConn Senate on Nov. 3, 2025. Zhang voiced his and students thoughts concerns on the anti-black racism course. Photo by Connor Sharp<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/11\/andy-zhang-uconn-11042025_1280x854-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/11\/andy-zhang-uconn-11042025_1280x854-1024x683.jpeg\" alt class=\"wp-image-226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/11\/andy-zhang-uconn-11042025_1280x854-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/11\/andy-zhang-uconn-11042025_1280x854-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/11\/andy-zhang-uconn-11042025_1280x854-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/11\/andy-zhang-uconn-11042025_1280x854.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">
Andy Zhang, pres\u00adi\u00addent of UConn\u2019s Under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adate Stu\u00addent Gov\u00adern\u00adment, argued to the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty Sen\u00adate on Novem\u00adber 3, 2025 that if UConn moved too quick\u00adly on requir\u00ading the anti-Black racism course, it could jeop\u00adar\u00addize future diver\u00adsi\u00adty ini\u00adtia\u00adtives. Pho\u00adto by Con\u00adnor Sharp<\/em><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut Sen\u00adate vot\u00aded on Mon\u00adday night to delay a require\u00adment that all under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adates take a course on anti-Black racism amid con\u00adcerns that requir\u00ading the course would be con\u00adsid\u00adered dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adto\u00adry by the Trump admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course was first intro\u00adduced as a pop-up in 2020 fol\u00adlow\u00ading stu\u00addent advo\u00adca\u00adcy after the Black Lives Mat\u00adter protests. In May 2023, a pro\u00adpos\u00adal was adopt\u00aded to make the course a grad\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion require\u00adment for all under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adates. Since then, the course had been in devel\u00adop\u00adment, and the require\u00adment had not yet been imposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course has cov\u00adered such top\u00adics as sys\u00adtemic and insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal racism, Black resis\u00adtance and Black resilience.

The uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty coun\u00adsel advised the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty Sen\u00adate that the anti-Black racism course require\u00adment as orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly passed could be con\u00adsid\u00adered ille\u00adgal by the cur\u00adrent fed\u00ader\u00adal admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion. This comes after the U.S. attor\u00adney general\u2019s office issued a mem\u00ado\u00adran\u00addum<\/a> to all fed\u00ader\u00adal agen\u00adcies in July, estab\u00adlish\u00ading guide\u00adlines for unlaw\u00adful prac\u00adtices with fed\u00ader\u00adal fund\u00ading. These includ\u00aded race-based schol\u00adar\u00adships and cul\u00adtur\u00adal com\u00adpe\u00adten\u00adcy require\u00adments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Day, the chair of the Sen\u00adate Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Com\u00admit\u00adtee, pro\u00adposed cre\u00adat\u00ading a task force to devel\u00adop the course, amid cur\u00adrent fed\u00ader\u00adal pol\u00adi\u00adcy changes and bud\u00adgetary con\u00adcerns. Sug\u00adges\u00adtions includ\u00aded offer\u00ading a selec\u00adtion of relat\u00aded cours\u00ades focus\u00ading on anti-Asian, anti-Mus\u00adlim and anti-Semi\u00adtism top\u00adics for stu\u00addents to choose from in addi\u00adtion to anti-Black racism, as opposed to requir\u00ading a sin\u00adgle class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The motion, which passed 59\u201310 on Mon\u00adday night, will cre\u00adate a task force to issue a report to the exec\u00adu\u00adtive com\u00admit\u00adtee by Feb\u00adru\u00adary, with spe\u00adcif\u00adic rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtions that could be dis\u00adcussed in sub\u00adse\u00adquent meet\u00adings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe think that the best that we [can] do is to con\u00adsid\u00ader these things slow\u00adly and patient\u00adly with task force [mem\u00adbers] that are rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded that can speak thought\u00adful\u00adly and work with the oth\u00ader stake\u00adhold\u00aders,\u201d Day said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Day, chair\u00adman of the Sen\u00adate Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Com\u00admit\u00adtee, said he favored paus\u00ading the require\u00adment that UConn under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adates take the anti-Black racism course to grad\u00adu\u00adate. Pho\u00adto by Con\u00adnor Sharp<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Andy Zhang, pres\u00adi\u00addent of the Under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adate Stu\u00addent Gov\u00adern\u00adment, said he was in favor of the task force, and that man\u00addat\u00ading the anti-Black racism course in this polit\u00adi\u00adcal cli\u00admate would draw unwant\u00aded atten\u00adtion to UConn. He added that he was con\u00adcerned that if UConn moved too quick\u00adly on requir\u00ading the anti-Black racism course, it could jeop\u00adar\u00addize future diver\u00adsi\u00adty ini\u00adtia\u00adtives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to get rid of ABR, but we want to do it in a way that is fea\u00adsi\u00adble and suc\u00adcess\u00adful and works for every\u00adone,\u201d Zhang said, refer\u00adring to the anti-Black racism course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dou\u00adglas Kauf\u00adman, an asso\u00adciate pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adcy in the Neag School of Edu\u00adca\u00adtion and a mem\u00adber of the sen\u00adate, urged his col\u00adleagues to reject the motion. He added that task forces often slow down ini\u00adtia\u00adtives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are real dan\u00adgers to push\u00ading back against oppres\u00adsive forces,\u201d Kauf\u00adman said. \u201cNev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless, his\u00adto\u00adry also tells us that when we don\u2019t do that, we face oppres\u00adsion for longer amounts of time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oth\u00aders raised bud\u00adgetary con\u00adcerns. Alex\u00adis Boy\u00adlan, a sen\u00ada\u00adtor and a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of art his\u00adto\u00adry and Africana stud\u00adies, not\u00aded that paus\u00ading the course will ensure that fac\u00adul\u00adty respon\u00adsi\u00adble for run\u00adning it will be paid and sup\u00adport\u00aded prop\u00ader\u00adly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can set\u00adtle the time\u00adlines we want, and if there is no way to fund it, that is going to be a major hur\u00addle that we\u2019re all going to have to face,\u201d Boy\u00adlan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course orig\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded from stu\u00addents in 2020 at a vir\u00adtu\u00adal town hall meet\u00ading by the African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Cen\u00adter. Shawn Sal\u00advant, an asso\u00adciate pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Africana stud\u00adies and Eng\u00adlish, said the course was par\u00adtial\u00adly a response to reports of microag\u00adgres\u00adsions<\/a> hap\u00adpen\u00ading on cam\u00adpus at the time. The course was offered as a pop-up course in 2020, 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, Sal\u00advant and Stephany San\u00adtos, an assis\u00adtant pro\u00adfes\u00adsor-in-res\u00adi\u00addence in bio-med\u00adical engi\u00adneer\u00ading, were select\u00aded as co-chairs of the ad-hoc com\u00admit\u00adtee to move the require\u00adment pro\u00adpos\u00adal through the Sen\u00adate process. Sal\u00advant said the effort was dri\u00adven pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly by stu\u00addent action and input, includ\u00ading from the under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addent gov\u00adern\u00adment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if new rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtions are passed in April from the task force, Day said the course will like\u00adly not be offered for 2026\u20132027 due to fund\u00ading con\u00adcerns and to allow time for the course devel\u00adop\u00adment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UConn Jour\u00adnal\u00adism stu\u00addent Christi Throw\u00ader con\u00adtributed to this sto\u00adry.<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Sara Bedi\u00adgian & Bre\u00adan\u00adna Bon\u00adnerUConn Jour\u00adnal\u00adism The Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut Sen\u00adate vot\u00aded on Mon\u00adday night to delay a require\u00adment that all under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adates take a course on anti-Black racism amid con\u00adcerns that requir\u00ading the course would be con\u00adsid\u00adered dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adto\u00adry by the Trump admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion. 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