Black NYU Student Kept from Attending Class

[Merlin]

This is disturbing on multiple levels.

However, racial privilege aspects aside, I find it hard to believe that the faculty approved the student to telecommute to the course or lecture without the school providing a means to do so. Heck, all it would have required was have a TA set up a tablet, laptop, or webcam on one of the tables. Relying on other students to provide this seems shortsighted since it relies on them paying attention and being responsible enough to follow through. Not to mention, it empowers other students to determine the fate of the remote student, which in this case, enabled them to use that power to block access.

I assume this deal was made with the school on the premise that the remote student had already gained agreement from one or more students to host the facetime session, but it still seems shortsighted to me.