In any case, there appears to be many overheated claims around this event, with precious little context. This was a voluntary event, where both minority and white students were allowed to go off-campus for discussions around "identity politics";
https://evergreen.edu/multicultural/day-of-absence-day-of-pr...
It sounds more like an event encouraging and celebrating tribalism.
And again, I didn't think HN was a forum for debating these sorts of political / cultural issues in the first place. What does this have to do with science, technology, or startups?
> What does this have to do with science, technology, or startups?
...this has never been the criteria for a good HN submission. It has always been "something a good hacker would find interesting" -- this includes history, philosophy, good psychology, etc.