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Beyond Dialogue: When Will Lake Forest College Take Responsibility?

Posted on October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 by Kate O'Donnell

Aika Minja ’27 Beyond Dialogue: When Will Lake Forest College Take Responsibility? During Black History Month this year, which coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Week, Dawn Abt-Perkins, a tenured professor of education who specializes in “multicultural education,” used the N-word in a classroom discussion about observing classroom interactions and the use of slurs, but no other slurs for any other marginalized groups were used as examples. While the discussion may have been intended…

Why Celebrate Black History Month at Lake Forest College?

Posted on February 10, 2015December 18, 2015 by Jack Loessberg

We enter the month of February, individuals across campus are planning events for students to celebrate and embrace Black History Month. “Every month is White history month, so I feel we should do a lot more for Black History Month,” said Laken Vogel ’18. “Black History Month still matters, because black people are so underrepresented and underpraised. They aren’t celebrated enough.” Periana Wilson ‘15 agreed. “They have events for Career Development Month, but they don’t…