{"id":1530523,"date":"2022-06-28T12:50:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T16:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1530523"},"modified":"2022-06-28T12:50:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T16:50:18","slug":"brown-university-barred-white-asian-students-from-new-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brown-university-barred-white-asian-students-from-new-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown University Barred White, Asian Students From New Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrown-university-barred-white-asian-students-from-new-class%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1530523&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Brown University offered a new class to minority students only, a decision that prompted a backlash.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island, began offering a teacher training class on mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), but students were only permitted to enroll if they identified as black, indigenous, or Latino.<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous Brown student attempted to enroll in the class but was denied because they do not identify as BIPOC. The student pushed back and raised the alarm, filing a complaint with the Foundation Against Intolerance &#038; Racism (FAIR).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrown is offering a RACE-BASED teacher training program that is ONLY open to certain demographics (black, latino, indigenous),\u201d the student wrote in their May 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairtransparency.org\/incident-report?iid=627e738e1098100009500ec8\">complaint<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a return to educational segregation based on skin color,\u201d the student wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The student said that the teachers of this particular class would also be BIPOC.<\/p>\n<p>The certificate program also offers financial aid to the BIPOC students but does not offer such assistance to white and Asian students who may not be able to afford the program either, the student claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis results in certain demographics being favored over others and is discriminatory,\u201d the student wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a student of the program, I find myself being unable to continue my training with this institution as I refuse to support educational segregation based solely on skin color as it violates my core principles, values, and the Buddhist teachings that which this program is based on,\u201d the student wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, FAIR sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/content\/pdfs\/general\/Letter-to-Brown-University-BIPOC-only-Mindfulness-Based-Stress-Reduction-Class.pdf?_t=1656000139\">letter<\/a> to Brown urging the university to open the class to all students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the university to open the program to any deserving student without regard to their immutable traits,\u201d FAIR attorney Leigh Ann O\u2019Neill wrote. \u201cWe also believe that such a gesture would demonstrate Brown\u2019s commitment to non-discrimination and equal access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/content\/pdfs\/general\/Brown-University-Response-to-FAIR.png?_t=1656000522\">responded<\/a> on June 21, acknowledging FAIR\u2019s letter and saying the university intends to respond as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Since the complaint, Brown has scrapped the decision only to allow students of color to take the class. The school will permit any student to enroll in the course, which picks up again in August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon further review of\u00a0our early\u00a0promotional materials\u00a0for the\u00a0program, we realigned them\u00a0to reflect the program\u2019s inclusive nature, while still\u00a0meeting\u00a0the goal of addressing the\u00a0needs, life experiences, and priorities of marginalized communities,\u201d Dr. Eric Loucks, director of Brown University\u2019s Mindfulness Center where the class is held, told the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>Loucks initially defended the decision to allow only BIPOC people to enroll in the class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intent is to reach future teachers who have a special interest in or history of personal engagement\u00a0with the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and\/or Latino\/Latina\/Latinx peoples and others who have been\u00a0underrepresented in the mindfulness field,\u201d Loucks <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/23\/brown-university-mindfulness-course-offered-only-to-minority-students\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brown is not the only Ivy League school to offer a minorities-only class in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Cornell University <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/05\/cornell-defends-bipoc-only-rock-climbing-class-after-online-uproar\/\">offered<\/a> a rock-climbing class for \u201cpeople who identify as Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, or other people of color.\u201d The course prompted backlash online, with critics accusing the school of racism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brown University offered a new class to minority students only, a decision that prompted a backlash. In May, the Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island, began offering a teacher training class on mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), but students were only permitted to enroll if they identified as black, indigenous, or Latino. 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