Plessy v. Ferguson to Come Back At UC-Berkeley. Cal Berkeley to open minority themed house next fall.

Campus Reform reports:

The University of California (UC) is implementing a new solution to combat racial discrimination among students: themed housing for minority students.

The People of Color Caucus together with the Demographic Inclusion Task Force (DITF), a division of the Berkeley Student Cooperative (BSC) at UC Berkeley, have led a series of focus groups recently as part of ongoing efforts to establish a Person of Color (PoC) theme house for the Fall 2016 academic quarter, the school newspaper reported.


The PoC theme house would be similar to its other theme houses catering specifically to minority students, including an LGBTQIA & Queer theme house and an African-American theme house (“Afro-House”). The purpose of the PoC house would be to serve as an affordable “safe space” for students of low-income underrepresented minorities who feel a lack of respect from other students at UC Berkeley; while bonding with students of similar background through “cultural awareness” workshops and discussions.

“The (co-op) culture doesn’t suit people of color,” sophomore Peter Estrada said. “I have trouble relating to people in that place.”

Joanna Garcia, a senior at UC Berkeley and a member of the DITF, said during the focus group that the decision to create a co-op specifically for underrepresented minority students was motivated by a “shared sentiment” by minority students who felt uncomfortable by the “lack of diversity” in the co-op housing system.

Spencer Simpson, another UC Berkeley student and BSC board member, said that the “PoC (house) will alleviate that issue.”

The regressives want to bring back Plessy v. Ferguson with taxpayer dollars!