Good for these students. The Republican Party is much more diverse than the Democrats. Just look at the presidential candidates for each party.

The College Fix reports.

Prepare to be called ‘racist’: Oklahoma U. College Republicans contest mandatory diversity training

Members of the University of Oklahoma’s College Republicans are taking on the five-hour “diversity” course requirement that came about after the infamous Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity “racist chant” scandal.

Students have to fulfill the requirement by the end of their first year or “risk holds on future enrollment.”

The Republicans’ Kylee Williamson said one thing that should warrant an exemption from the course is a religious objection.

“Whenever you have certain (religious) backgrounds, you should be able to get exempt from it because of some of the things that I’ve been told that they teach,” she said. “Whenever I have members coming up to me, telling me this made them uncomfortable, then I feel like it’s something we need to speak out against.”

But member Kyle Meyer notes what is typically heard about such imperatives — that the course is more about a “politically correct learning process” rather than actual diversity.

“I would change the whole idea of inclusive language. I feel that at the college level, feelings are going to be hurt. If you unintentionally hurt someone’s feelings, you should apologize and move on about it.”

The Oklahoma Daily reports:

Meyer said the training limits students’ personal rights and that the course emphasizes how to be politically correct students.

OU College Republicans member Jake Martin, an Arabic studies senior, feels the program’s goals are counterproductive, however, in promoting an inclusive environment.

“What it actually does is it divides the student body into groups based on race,” Martin said. “Instead of focusing on relating to people as other people with intrinsic dignity, the process divides people, sticks them in boxes and then punishes the people who are not diverse enough.”


 
 0 
 
 0