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Every spring quarter since the 1970s, Evergreen has hosted a "Day of Absence" event, where many students, faculty and staff of color gather off campus for a day to talk about race, privilege and other issues, while white students, faculty and staff are able to voluntarily participate in related conversations on campus. But tensions mounted last April when a request was made to change things up to allow participants of color to hold the Day of Absence activities on campus, while white allies participating in the Day Of Absence activities were asked to go off campus.

Rashida Love helped organize the Day of Absence Events at Evergreen. She believes the country's university system is designed for white Americans.