Williams College's faculty board voted 103-30 in favor of removing the requirement. According to the Center for Disease Control, minorities under the age of 29 were more likely to die via unintentional drowning than their white counterparts. Williams College recently removed its swim test from the list of graduation requirements due to controversy over its alleged racism. Williams College Diversity Advisory Research Team conducted a study regarding the swim test between 2013-2019, which found that 81% of students that took the college’s "beginner swim course" were “domestic students of color” while only 3% were domestic White students.
specialist in diversity and college admissions PROF. JONATHAN FARLEY joins JT to talk about it.