February 19, 2007 - 1:15am
By Megan Sweeney
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The 700 Level
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There is perhaps no word that strikes more fear into the hearts and minds of Cornellians as “diversity.” For teachers, one errant comment or controversial reading assignment could mean the difference between employment and blacklisting from the academic community. For students, up to four years of diversity training, with the ever-present threat of a bias report, leaves people at best wary and at worst resentful of attempts at making them more accepting. Seemingly oblivious to these realities, Cornell has nevertheless created a Diversity Council to once again tell us what horrible people we really are.
