There’s a world difference between saying “Have you looked at X College?” in response to the general question of where to go to college, and saying “Have you looked at X College” in response in racism or anti-semitism at the college you’re already at or are interested in attending.
The first is about attraction; the second is about prejudice.
It’s fine to be attracted (or not attracted) to a place because there are ‘people like you’ - that’s why there are historically black colleges, women’s colleges, men’s colleges, and Brandeis which was founded to be a place that both preserved Jewish values and where Jewish students would not be discriminated against.
But to say that the ‘solution’ for black students who face discrimination is to transfer to a HBCU (historically black college or university), or that the solution for Jewish students concerned about anti-semitism at Wellesley is to go to Brandeis actually condones and encourages that discrimination.
The ‘solution’ for discrimination is for the discrimination to stop, or be stopped. The way to do that is to call out the discrimination for what it is and to protest by various means - letters, publicity, peaceful demonstrations, etc. - until it is stopped.
For Wellesley to claim that there is no discrimination against Jewish students, and to claim that Jewish students feel ‘supported’, is complete b.s. The students who spoke about about the issue said they don’t feel supported at all. One doesn’t need to be particularly insightful to realize that suddenly firing the only two staff members who form the support system of a minority population, at a time when that population is under attack by a racist/anti-semitic group, is a clear indication that the Wellesley administration is condoning that racism.
It’s ludicrous to think that Wellesley administrators weren’t aware that their actions would harm the small number of observant Jews and/or politically aware Zionists on campus. Pretending that the administration’s actions weren’t intended to show those students that they are unwelcome on campus only perpetuates the problem.