Last week, the young Latino woman who was the president of the College Democrats of America, which has 500 chapters and 47 state federations, resigned after a series of events in which the board’s only black member claimed the organization’s leadership was racist and he resigned. Federations associated with the organization demanded the young woman’s resignation. She urged other board members to resign, and she appointed the young black man vice-president, paving the way for him to replace her when she later resigned.
Matthew Nowling, formerly the group’s communications director, wrote an open letter in late June announcing his resignation. It was signed by 17 federations and the number of signatures mushroomed within hours, The New York Times reported. That prompted another open letter on June 30 from a coalition of state federations in which they wrote:
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