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December 1, 2008

Talk For Credit

If your plans for next semester were ucertain, here's a surefire plan: NYU's new one-credit "Intergroup Dialogues" which are "designed to foster communication among racial groups at NYU."

The sessions are to be gerrymandered, of course, according to the Washington Square News:

To ensure balance, a 14-student section addressing racial issues would have seven white students, seven students of color and two facilitators --- one white student and one student of color. Hall said the setup encourages frank discussion in a safe environment.

Or four Asians, four blacks, four whites, and four Hispanics? Or one Afro-Caribbean black, one East African, one African-American, one Inuit, one Uighur...

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