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Friday, September 28, 2018

Cornell Orientation Packet Tells Students If They Are 'Privileged' Or 'Oppressed'

A Cornell University student says student ambassadors were given an "orientation packet" that told them if they were "privileged" or "oppressed."

The packet categorized groups of people based on age, race, gender, gender identity, religion, and education level, to name a few.
A Cornell spokesman told Campus Reform that the university "will not be participating" in offering a comment on the issue.
Student ambassadors at Cornell University were given an “orientation packet” ahead of welcoming the incoming freshman class.The packet contains a sheet of categories labeling certain groups as having “privilege” or being “oppressed.”

Campus Reform obtained a copy of the document from a concerned student who felt the content was inappropriate. The sheet outlines social issues and designates certain demographics as privileged or oppressed in a “U.S. Context.” The 15 categories range from gender identity to martial/parental status, education level, and “use of English.”

If you speak “accented English” you are marginalized or oppressed compared to “‘proper’ English” speakers who are privileged. -Campus Reform

Over the course of three weeks, Campus Reform gave Cornell University multiple opportunities to confirm or deny the packet was distributed. University spokesman John Carberry eventually responded to Campus Reform on Wednesday but did not deny the student's account, saying that Cornell “will not be participating” or commenting on the issue.

According to the document, if you speak “accented English” you are marginalized or oppressed compared to “‘proper’ English” speakers who are privileged. If your parents are married or “in a heterosexual relationship” you are privileged while “divorced; LGBTQ parent; domestic partnership” and “single parent” individuals are oppressed.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If you're going to school at Cornell, you are privileged by reason of how you got there, which was by merit. Cornell is not a school for slackers.

Anonymous said...


Ivy League idiots on faculty and in administration.

Some students have privileged family backgrounds and the grades to get in. So check that block.

Others don't, and are there via various diversity schemes but have the grades to get in and stay.

Others are pure diversity plays without the grades but seeking the privilege that a sheepskin with their logo on it will presumably bring later in life.

All in search of the same brass ring. This whole privilege script is crapola. Don't send your kid to a palace of indoctrination; seek out one of the schools that have resisted this foolish fad.