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‘You do not represent us': Wharton students and alums write to Trump
Thousands of students and alumni of the Wharton School have a message for alumnus Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee: You do not represent us.
Trump often cites his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, as he did in a speech last summer, saying: “I’m really smart; I went to the Wharton school of finance. Even then, long time ago, like the hardest, or one of the hardest, schools to get into.”
The open letter published on Medium begins “At the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, students are taught to represent the highest levels of respect and integrity. We are taught to embrace humility and diversity. We can understand why, in seeking America’s highest office, you have used your degree from Wharton to promote and lend legitimacy to your candidacy …” but “we have been deeply disappointed by your candidacy.”
The letter says they are “outraged that an affiliation with our school is being used to legitimize prejudice and intolerance. Although we do not aim to make any political endorsements with this letter, we do express our unequivocal stance against the xenophobia, sexism, racism, and other forms of bigotry that you have actively and implicitly endorsed in your campaign.”
Within days after it was posted, the letter had more than 3,000 digital signatures.
‘You do not represent us': Wharton students and alums write to Trump
‘You do not represent us': Wharton students and alums write to Trump
Thousands of students and alumni of the Wharton School have a message for alumnus Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee: You do not represent us.
Trump often cites his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, as he did in a speech last summer, saying: “I’m really smart; I went to the Wharton school of finance. Even then, long time ago, like the hardest, or one of the hardest, schools to get into.”
The open letter published on Medium begins “At the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, students are taught to represent the highest levels of respect and integrity. We are taught to embrace humility and diversity. We can understand why, in seeking America’s highest office, you have used your degree from Wharton to promote and lend legitimacy to your candidacy …” but “we have been deeply disappointed by your candidacy.”
The letter says they are “outraged that an affiliation with our school is being used to legitimize prejudice and intolerance. Although we do not aim to make any political endorsements with this letter, we do express our unequivocal stance against the xenophobia, sexism, racism, and other forms of bigotry that you have actively and implicitly endorsed in your campaign.”
Within days after it was posted, the letter had more than 3,000 digital signatures.
‘You do not represent us': Wharton students and alums write to Trump