The students' union at Oxford University is to give its students lessons on how not to be racist.
The
Race 101 workshops, run by OUSU, will target first
year students in the
hope of eliminating racism from the university, and will start in
October, the first week of the new academic year.
The announcement comes after the university's debating society Oxford Union advertised a "colonial cocktail", accompanied with an image of shackled hands.
At the time, Annie Teriba, founder of Oxford’s Black Students’ Union,
said: "Apparently, it’s okay to kick back in the Union bar relishing in
a ‘Colonial Comeback’ cocktail. I am horrified that the Union thinks
it’s okay to trivialise centuries of oppression and racist violence in
the form of a refreshing drink."
The union's black and minority
ethnic officer resigned following the scandal, announcing she was
"disgusted" and wanted "nothing to do with them at all".
Following the outrage, the Oxford Union passed a motion stating it was institutionally racist.
Speaking
of the workshops, Marc Shi, chair of the university's campaign for
racial awareness and equality society, said: "Race consciousness and
anti-racism needs to be part of the way that the University is
supporting its students, which is not the case right now."

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