Black students, staff and faculty across the diaspora dressed in black and gold “pop-out” attire to celebrate Stanford’s new Black freshmen and transfer students at last Friday’s 28th annual Black Frosh Convocation.
The event, hosted by the Stanford Black Student Union (BSU), aimed to uplift and inspire incoming Black students. It included speeches from upperclassmen, freshmen and faculty speakers, musical performances and presentations by the historically-Black American Divine Nine sororities and fraternities.
This year’s Black Frosh Convocation took place against the backdrop of a decline in Black student enrollment. Following the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban, Black student enrollment decreased by 44% from 9% of the class of 2027 to 5% of the class of 2028…