New York University moves to implement racial segregation in student dorms

[TBoneTX 47,504]

30 minutes ago, laylalex said:

what resources exist to help these people feel more integrated?

An opening of their minds.  Sadly, the opposite often happens at universities.

[Dashinka 25,855]

12 hours ago, laylalex said:

Okay, but what does it say about NYU that they feel they need somewhere to be apart? It isn't a mirror that reflects only on the students -- it reflects on the university too.

 

I know several people who went to NYU in the mid-2000s, and my impression is that it has become a far more racially diverse campus than it was then. But just because a campus is diverse doesn't mean that it's necessarily welcoming to people. One of the major issues I know at my college was about people who were the first people from their families to go to college, or came from financially-disadvantaged backgrounds (of all races), often felt out of place. I have to say that even as someone who was middle class and a legacy, I felt weird sometimes -- I went to public school, not prep school. I'd never been sailing or gone skiing abroad or spent summers doing enriching things like literary trips across Europe or volunteering in Vietnam or Thailand. It was alienating sometimes, even if the other students didn't mean for me to feel alienated. 

 

Going to a prestigious university if you are not like what the perceived "average" student is like can make a student feel excluded from a secret language to get ahead (psst the secret language is money). So the question is not just, what can the university do to make this perception disappear (because segregation is really, really dumb), but what is the profile of the students requesting the floor? Are they from more or less privileged backgrounds? Do they need support in other areas? Segregation isn't the answer, and it's a simplistic "solution" to a complicated problem. Since it's being proposed by a bunch of really young people, I'm not surprised that they see it as a solution when it really isn't one at all.

Aren't most universities run by progressives?  Most of them are just a microcosm of the Progressive led cities that are currently burning. 

[yuna628 9,873]

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Two black students at New York University created a petition calling on the administration to designate racially-segregated housing for black and "black-identifying" students. But contrary to viral social media claims, NYU has not agreed to this demand. "NYU does not have and will not create student housing that excludes any student based on race," John Beckman, a spokesperson for the university, told Reason. {..} 

In a statement to Reason, he clarified what he meant.

"Earlier in the summer, a group of Black students reached out to NYU's Office of Housing and Residential Life and applied to establish an Exploration Floor around the themes of Black history and culture; NYU has about 30 themed Exploration Floors," he said. "During the course of the discussion about the application process—which is ongoing—the Housing Office staff made clear that all Exploration Floors must be open to applicants of all races and backgrounds."

https://reason.com/2020/08/24/black-nyu-students-segregated-housing-race/?itm_source=parsely-api

To sum up, NYU is NOT creating segregated floors, dorms, or housing. 

[laylalex 7,301]

2 hours ago, yuna628 said:

To sum up, NYU is NOT creating segregated floors, dorms, or housing. 

I think the idea of having themed floors open to everyone is a great idea. Thanks for clearing this up -- it makes a lot more sense now.

[pablo2752 106]

Ok wow, this is just bullcrap. 

This make no sense whatsoever. By the same logic, Korean-Americans who suffered from millions $ worth of damages during LA riot should be allowed to get their own "safe space" from black people. Or to use more recent examples, Asians should ask for separate villages away from non-Asians for "persecution of being Chinese and spreading virus." 

 

Of course NYU isn't going to cave into this kind of stupid demand. Some of you people need to chill your chest tips before jumping into "see! progressives suck!" train. 

Edited August 27, 2020 by pablo2752