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Sheffield students paid to tackle racist language on campus
« on: January 21, 2020, 02:48:14 pm »
A university is to hire 20 of its own students to challenge language on campus that could be seen as racist.

The University of Sheffield is to pay students to tackle so-called "microaggressions" - which it describes as "subtle but offensive comments".

They will be trained to "lead healthy conversations" about preventing racism on campus and in student accommodation.

Vice-chancellor Koen Lamberts said the initiative wanted to "change the way people think about racism".

The students will be paid £9.34 per hour as "race equality champions", working between two and nine hours per week to tackle "microaggressions" in the university.


https://www.bbc.com/news/education-51098539
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Re: Sheffield students paid to tackle racist language on campus
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2020, 02:50:56 pm »
I was just subtly offended by the word "microaggressions."
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Re: Sheffield students paid to tackle racist language on campus
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2020, 03:02:00 pm »
I am amazed at how casually young white people drop the N word
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Re: Sheffield students paid to tackle racist language on campus
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2020, 03:10:41 pm »
Would "Sod off!" be a sufficiently pungent retort to one of these paid-idiots?
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Re: Sheffield students paid to tackle racist language on campus
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2020, 05:11:34 pm »
Quote from: PeteS in CA on January 21, 2020, 03:10:41 pm
Would "Sod off!" be a sufficiently pungent retort to one of these paid-idiots?
Certainly appropriate.
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