A University of Wisconsin house fellow was placed on paid administrative leave after several students complained about comments they made regarding the race of student visitors.
House fellow for the Multicultural Learning Community in Witte residence hall and UW junior Chuefeng Yang said they told students to limit the number of white visitors to the MLC in an effort to protect the intentionality of the space, according to an NBC15 article...
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Students protest removal of Multicultural Learning Center house fellow
University of Wisconsin students
protested outside of the University Housing office at Slichter Residence
Hall in response to the removal of a Multicultural Learning Community
house fellow after complaints that white students felt unwelcomed Monday
afternoon.
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Editor Notes: We need to be careful about our actions in that inclusion can never mean we discriminate -- for any reason.
As complex as this issue is, it is a great learning experience for the UW.
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