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Not historically known for campus unrest, Trinity College finds itself thrust in the middle of an ideological clash over race that has brought unwanted national attention to the Hartford institution as it tries to move beyond its preppy label. The controversy revolves around a pair of professors — one for tweeting that “whiteness is terrorism” and the other for his central role in an emerging alt-right group that’s been accused of giving a platform to white supremacists and to former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka, whose daughter is a Trinity senior. It comes as the college’s administration has sought to advance diversity and inclusiveness at the liberal arts school of 2,300 students, where a student-led affiliate of the Churchill Institute is seeking recognition as a campus organization. Joanne Berger-Sweeney, the school’s president, addressed the political unrest in a campus-wide letter Wednesday and said Trinity College’s foundation is built on academic freedom and freedom of expression. “Where else should these debates occur, if not here?” Berger-Sweeney wrote. “Why would you send your kids to a place like that...because there are no consequences for saying something that’s like transparently insane and, by the way, racist?” “Why would you send your kids to a place like that...because there are no consequences for saying something that’s like transparently insane and, by the way, racist?” Carlson said. We stand together with all like-minded individuals to to keep alive an understanding of the Western Tradition in our Colleges and Universities.” McJessy said the language used by the institute and Smith is similar to the remarks made by Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King to the New York Times, in which he said, “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” King was then stripped of his committee assignments by the House GOP. Her father, a former Breitbart writer who played a key role in the controversial policy banning visitors to the U.S. from predominantly Muslim countries, was ousted as Trump’s deputy assistant in August 2017. Romano said people should not lose sight of the hateful social media posts of Williams. “It says to potential students and donors, ‘you’re not welcome.’ How does any student sit in a classroom and feel as though they’d be judged fairly with the content of his Twitter feed?” “Without acknowledging the pervasive, hurtful campus climate in which many students of color, queer students, international students, first-generation college students, and other students who are harassed based on their identities feel marginalized and threatened on a daily basis, any discussion of ‘harms’ experienced on this campus rings hollow,” the faculty members wrote.