Racial slur row |
The University of Southern California has passed a diversity resolution following a demand to create an inclusion climate for minority students after an Indian American student was the victim of a racial slur. Authorities at USC announced they would begin taking steps to implement more diversity programs on campus. The announcement was made after a student Senate voting to decide the fate of the students` demand of $100 million in funds to create an “inclusion climate” for minority students on the campus. A final vote was held with 11 votes in favor and one against the demand.Michael Quick, provost and senior vice president of the university, sent out a memo for “access and opportunity, diversity and inclusion,” in which he announced the establishment of two new funds.The memo said the demands were agreed to and that each of the programs would receive $100,000 to support, address and enhancediversity. Quick agreed that the campus was not immune to alleged “acts of injustice, bias and disrespect against groups and individuals (that) have been playing out recently across nation.The demand arose from an incident in September in which a fraternity member subjected Rini Sampath, an Indian American student and president of the students` association at the university, to a racial slur.
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