A Black Student at Yale Was Napping in a Common Area, and a White Student Called the Police

A black graduate student at Yale (CT) who fell asleep in her dorm’s common room said she had a disturbing awakening this week when a white student flipped on the lights, told her she had no right to sleep there and called the campus police. It was the latest in a string of recent episodes across the country in which the police have been summoned to respond to minor complaints involving people of color.