New York University moves to implement racial segregation in student dorms

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It's annoying when the authors of an article can't be bothered to link to the source that they're citing as the basis of their discussion.

Here it is:

Student-Led Task Force Calls for Black Housing on Campus

https://nyunews.com/news/2020/07/20/student-led-task-force-c...

The article starts off with the proposal of “Racial Themed Engagement Communities” as place that people of a group can use as a safe space which doesn’t sound far fetched. It then magically jumps on to a 2002 “race based housing proposal” that from what I call tell wasn’t approved and uses that as the title of the article. If they are trying to make a point other than a sensationalised article I don’t get it.

The article in the NYU student newspaper[1] links to a change.org petition entitled "NYU: Implement Black Student Housing":

https://www.change.org/p/black-student-housing-at-nyu

This seems to be recent, with the last signature 30 minutes ago.

The petition's first demand is for racially segregated housing: "Floors completely comprised of Black-identifying students with Black Resident Assistants"

The NYU administration at least claims to be considering the petition. From the NYU newspaper:

> In an email to WSN, university spokesperson John Beckman addressed the petition.

> “We appreciate the petition authors’ position,” Beckman wrote. “Res Life staff have reached out to the authors of the petition to discuss how we might move forward with their goals. Given the COVID-related challenges to the student housing system for 2020-2021, these conversations would be aiming towards 2021-2022.”

[1] https://nyunews.com/news/2020/07/20/student-led-task-force-c...

The Real story..

NYU: Implement Black Student Housing (petition)

https://www.change.org/p/black-student-housing-at-nyu

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