Racist text messages create stir at Occidental College

Image:  Racist text messages from one Occidental College student to another—including one declaring, “all Asian people need to die”—have created a firestorm at the private liberal arts college, with many upset at the administration’s handling of the issue. The text messages, which also blamed Asian people broadly for the coronavirus pandemic, were sent in late 2020, according to the Los Angeles Times, and Occidental College first became aware of the controversy in fall 2021. However,...