A Reckoning at Wharton, Trump's Alma Mater

On the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, one week after the election of Donald Trump, senior Luis De Castro sat on a bench, thinking about his first vote for president. A naturalized U.S. citizen originally from São Paulo, De Castro was wearing a shirt he made himself, with â??Make America Great Againâ? scrawled in red permanent marker. A couple of yards away from us was a large sculpture of a broken button. The artwork, a popular meeting place for students, had been transformed: Through two holes, someone had attached a massive makeshift safety pin, a symbol of support for minorities whoâ??ve suffered abuse since Trumpâ??s win. At Penn, several black freshmen had received racist messages on a group texting app, and the entire campus was on edge. Colleges everywhere are reeling after the election, but here there is a special resonanceâ??President-elect Trump is a member of the Wharton Schoolâ??s class of 1968.