googling the author says he teaches at Towson State, and this is most likely the student in question... 
I am guessing (just guessing) that this is about a student at a university in Maryland—IIRC it was either U of Maryland Baltimore County or Towson State—who founded a White Student Union this past year and received a torrent of abuse from all levels of the university for it, including from professors and administration. The line about “majority-white school on the fringes of a majority-black city” automatically makes me think of Baltimordor.
I don’t remember the guy’s name, but I remember seeing part of an interview with him and he was extremely articulate and well-spoken.
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googling the author says he teaches at Towson State, and this is most likely the student in question...