pomona crime rate

knr802
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:44:39 +0000

Funfun… I know you say you’ve been speaking to experts and reading books and all that… but I really think you should be talking to students. We’re the ones actually experiencing it.

Every once in a blue moon there is some kind of “biased related incident” that happen at Pomona College. But honestly, I look forward to those emails because they’re usually hysterical. The worst it gets is some kids (who may or may not have even been form the college) were once caught “throwing a tortilla” at a car. I have no idea where you heard that racism and homophobia are present at the college. Yes, the college is primarily white and heterosexual, but pretty much everyone is open and accepting. If not, they know damn well to keep their mouths shut at Pomona.

The ‘city’ of Claremont is also, for the most part, very safe. It is very conservative, but there is little to no mixing between Claremont and the colleges here. Yes, the city of Pomona and other cities around the area do have higher crime rates, but we really have absolutely no interaction with them and it is not a problem at all.

Even walking back to my dorm at 3 or 4am alone (which I am not condoning) I have never once felt the slightest threatened. Nor have I felt any prejudice for being a minority student.