By Jeniece Jamison
North Carolina State University’s website says it values diversity and benefits from multiple viewpoints and perspectives. Ultimately, N.C. State believes diversity is crucial to its mission to educate its students and prepare them for jobs post graduation, and to become productive citizens. But, some factions within the university don’t believe this is necessarily the case for them.
Preston Keith of N.C. State’s GLBT Center led a workshop on how college campuses create systemic oppression for members of the GLBT Center that are people of color. He said sexual, economic, racial and cultural identities aren’t brought into the discussion when it comes to creating safe spaces for students that identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. And that can create obstacles for the student experience.
