{"id":1617360,"date":"2022-08-20T08:46:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T12:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1617360"},"modified":"2022-08-20T08:47:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T12:47:30","slug":"co-op-house-at-uc-berkeley-bans-white-people-from-common-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/co-op-house-at-uc-berkeley-bans-white-people-from-common-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-Op House at UC Berkeley Bans White People From Common Spaces"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fco-op-house-at-uc-berkeley-bans-white-people-from-common-spaces%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=1617360&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>The house rules for an off-campus home of UC Berkeley students stated that &#8220;white guests are not allowed in common spaces,&#8221; the Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11127383\/UC-Berkelys-campus-op-called-Person-Color-Theme-House-bans-white-guests-common-areas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Friday. Initially, a Reddit post leaked the co-op&#8217;s house rules.<\/p>\n<p>The comment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/berkeley\/comments\/wi4tib\/rules_from_one_of_our_coops\/?sort=confidence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thread<\/a> on the post featured stories from users claiming to have lived in the &#8220;Person of Color Theme House.&#8221; Many users expressed having negative experiences while residing in the off-campus residence. <\/p>\n<p>One Reddit user who claims to have lived in the home commented that their white father was not allowed to enter the co-op. The user described themselves as mixed-race and reported being insulted and called slurs by other house members. <\/p>\n<p>Berkeley&#8217;s co-op program was created to help students find affordable housing around campus. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/bsc.coop\/housing\/our-houses-apartments\/person-color-theme-house-castro\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley Student Cooperative<\/a>, the five-story home is located close to campus and can accommodate up to 56 students. It was established in 2015 to &#8220;create a safe and welcoming space for its house members and build solidarity with communities of color in the Berkeley area and beyond.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The Person of Color Theme House is not affiliated with the University but is instead run by a private landlord. The home was opened to provide housing for &#8220;low-income, first generation, immigrant and marginalized students of color.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>While the home claims to be a safe haven of inclusivity, the house rules tell a different story. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many POC moved here to be able to avoid white violence and presence, so respect their decision of avoidance if you bring white guests,&#8221; the rules stated. It advised members to &#8220;also announce guests in the Guest Chat if they will be in the common spaces with you and if they are white.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tenants are requested to &#8220;avoid bringing parents\/family members that express bigotry. Queer, Black, and Indigenous members should not have to avoid common spaces because of homophobic or racist parents\/family members.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Janet Gilmore, the University&#8217;s Senior Director of Strategic Communications, told the Daily Mail that, since the home is privately owned and operated, &#8220;it is not the role of the campus to comment&#8221; on the post about the co-op&#8217;s rules. She also said that, even if off-campus private housing violates campus policy by discriminating based on race, &#8220;the campus has no ability under the Code of Student Conduct to discipline the landlord.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cooperative experience manager for the Berkeley Student Cooperative, Stephen Ross, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/berkeley-co-op-person-of-color-theme-house-bans-white-guests-from-common-spaces\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told<\/a> the College Fix that there is no official policy banning white guests from the common area. However, he stated that the home does prioritize &#8220;not making Whiteness central to the experience for members living in the house.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The house rules for an off-campus home of UC Berkeley students stated that &#8220;white guests are not allowed in common spaces,&#8221; the Daily Mail reported Friday. 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