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Odoreida

(1,549 posts)
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 10:36 AM Sep 2017

The Question of Race in Campus Sexual-Assault Cases (The Atlantic)

The Question of Race in Campus Sexual-Assault Cases
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/09/the-question-of-race-in-campus-sexual-assault-cases/539361/

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Another Ivy League law professor who has been involved in sexual-assault policy said to me of the issue of race, “Nobody wants to talk about it.” He said students are pushing their boundaries and that many hook up with a partner of a different ethnicity for the first time. But then, “if there is any kind of perceived injury—emotional or physical—when you cross racial lines, there’s likely to be more animus. It needs to be talked about and hasn’t been.” The professor requested anonymity, citing the difficulties of publicly discussing the subject.

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Very depressing.
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