Black Students United held an “Emergency Meeting” Friday evening in response to a letter sent by the Department of Education ordering the elimination of “racial preferences” and race-conscious programs from admissions, hiring and institutional programming at federally funded educational institutions. At the forefront of the nearly 60-person meeting were concerns that community spaces for marginalized groups on campus would be targeted and closed. In the Instagram post announcing the event, BSU stated, “The Trump Administration looks to end affinity groups for marginalized people across all schools & universities … we won’t allow this to happen.” The Feb. 14 ED letter called the use of race in dormitories, such as some…