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If you ordered a “designer” outfit from this fast fashion site, it’s probably two sizes too small, made of plastic, and smells like chemicals.
What is Shein?
This flag has three horizontal stripes of black, white, and green, with a red triangle containing a white star on the left.
What is the flag of Jordan?
👽🚲🌕
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
This company, founded in 1600, played a significant role in the colonization of India and became a major player in the global trade of spices, tea, and textiles.
What is the British East India trading company?
This cheeky, sardonic student newspaper at the Claremont Colleges often addresses campus issues with a blend of humor and insight.
What is The Golden Antlers?
In 2023, Congress debated a ban on this social media app.
What is Tik Tok?
Featuring two equal horizontal bands of white and red with a palm tree and a crescent moon in the top left, this flag represents...?
What is the flag of Tunisia?
🦈⛵🌊😱
What is Jaws?
This historical event, which took place in 1215, was a significant turning point in English constitutional history and limited the powers of the monarchy.
What is the signing of Magna Carta?
A former Pomona College student, this current president of one of the Claremont Colleges was actively involved in protests against South African apartheid in the 1980s.
Who is Strom Thacker?
This adorable animal has become a viral sensation on TikTok and Instagram, representing a lighthearted side of Islam with her mischief, while her owner narrates her antics in funny and relatable ways.
Who is Sister Minny?
This flag consists of three vertical stripes of red, white, and red (in that order), with an intricate emblem in the center.
What is the flag of Austria?
👨🚀🌕🚀
What is Interstellar?
This Congolese leader, who became the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after its independence in 1960, was a key figure in the struggle against colonial rule and was later assassinated in 1961.
Who is Patrice Lumumba?
This art installation at Pomona College, designed by a Pomona alum, is known for its visual experience of the sky and natural light.
What is the James Turrell Skyspace?
This hamster-like toy by Tiger Electronics was all the rage in 1998.
What is the Furby?
Featuring a red background with a black two-headed eagle in the center, this flag belongs to a small country on the Adriatic coast.
What is the flag of Albania?
🦇🤵🃏🏙️
What is The Dark Knight?
This labor system, established in the 1950s and prevalent in several SWANA/MENA countries, ties a migrant worker’s legal residency and employment status to their employer, often leading to significant human rights abuses and restrictions around freedom of movement.
What is the kafala system?
This highway runs between the cities of Pomona and Claremont, often highlighted as a divider that reflects socioeconomic and racial differences.
Interstate 10
Joe Exotic (Joseph Maldonado) is the focus of what Netflix documentary series?
What is Tiger King?
This flag has horizontal stripes of green, blue, and yellow, with a red star in the top left corner.
What is the Djibouti flag?
🛸👽🔊🎵⌛📝
What is Arrival?
This Black activist and member of the Black Panther Party was convicted of murder in the 1970s but later escaped from prison and sought asylum in Cuba, where she remains a prominent figure in the discussion of political persecution and exile.
Who is Assata Shakur?
Our beloved Claremont Colleges Muslim Life Coordinator (before we got a Muslim chaplain) lives on this street.
What is Harvard Avenue?