<p>Short answer: No.</p>
<p>Long answer: TASS seminars focus on African-American studies, and most of the people who attend have some Black background (whether they be African-American, African, Afro-Latino, biracial or “mixed,” or anything else). What “most” means varies from year to year and seminar to seminar; in the instance of the TASS I attended, I think 28ish of the 32 TASSers (between both seminars) had some kind of Black background.</p>
<p>Personally, at my TASS, I was the only (all) white person. I had a fabulous experience, learned a lot, and met amazing people. At the time of application, I was (a) deeply interested in African-American studies, and (b) aware and comfortable with the knowledge that, if accepted, I would probably be the only/one of a few non-Black people. In my <em>humble</em> opinion, those are 2 good criteria for a non-Black prospective TASSapplicant to know if it would be a good fit for them.</p>
<p>(And again, OP, sorry for the thread hijack. :))</p>