Disaster Sheffield students paid to tackle racist language on campus

Sheffield students paid to tackle racist language on campus

The students will be trained to tackle "subtle but offensive comments" on campus and in student housing.

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A university is to hire 20 of its own students to challenge language on campus that could be seen as racist.

The University of Sheffield is to pay students to tackle so-called "microaggressions" - which it describes as "subtle but offensive comments".

They will be trained to "lead healthy conversations" about preventing racism on campus and in student accommodation.

Vice-chancellor Koen Lamberts said the initiative wanted to "change the way people think about racism".

The students will be paid £9.34 per hour as "race equality champions", working between two and nine hours per week to tackle "microaggressions" in the university.

These are described as comments or actions which might be unintentional, but which can cause offence to a minority group.

It gives examples of what it means by microaggression - such as:

• "Stop making everything a race issue"
• "Why are you searching for things to be offended about?"
• "Where are you really from?"
• "I don't want to hear about your holiday to South Africa. It's nowhere near where I'm from"
• "Being compared to black celebrities that I look nothing like"

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Rather than being about controlling people's speech, the university says it is "opening up a conversation".

It says the equality roles are being created in response to demand from students, training them how "to help their peers understand racism and its impact".

"We think it's important to be open and honest about racism," said Prof Lamberts.

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A report last autumn from the Equality and Human Rights Commission warned that racism was a "common occurrence" for some students, with incidents of name-calling, physical attacks and racist material on campus.

The equality watchdog said that universities did not want to face up to the scale of the problem because of fears it could harm their reputations.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

>Rather than being about controlling people's speech, the university says it is "opening up a conversation".
I doubt this. This will be used to control people's speech.

 

[Hux]

"Hey, remember all those applicants that enrolled into our college that all fit the description of 'that one kid in every class that was the well-off know-it-all teacher's pet that literally no body liked'? Let's give them some power to inflate their egos and get high off of! This is a very good idea that everyone will like!"

 

[Coccxys]

Well would you look at that, maybe they should concentrate that money and energy elsewhere.

 

[Thumb Butler]

The University of Sheffield.

DO.NOT.HIRE.

 

[oldTireWater]

If Goering were alive today he might say "Whenever I hear of opening a conversation I release the safety catch on my Browning."

 

[WinchesterPremium]

How do you do that on an hourly bases? Even if they go out of their way listening to stranger's conversations you are more likely to not hear anything "microaggressiony" in a given hour. Do they just spend 9 hours walking around campus laughing about how they're "on patrol"? Do they take to Twitter just to get some scalps in? Deliberately go around attempting to get people to "microaggression"?

It sounds more like they're getting paid to show up to these classes, the kind of person who would actually do this for money is the kind of person who would do this for free.

 

[Slappy McGherkin]

This will be used to control people's speech.

Agreed. They aren't going to be anything but hall monitors for wrong-think.

So, what happens if you get a "mouth said wrong thing" speeding tickets from these dweebs? They're going to be hearing "Fuck off!" quite often, I'd imagine.

 

[saralovesjuicyfruit]

"I don't want to hear about your holiday to South Africa. It's nowhere near where I'm from"

How self-absorbed do you have to be to think that someone is telling you about a trip they took because you're black and they think you're from that place? Maybe, just maybe, they had a nice time and want to share about that with someone? Jesus.

 

[Bum Driller]

Wait...this is not the dystopia I was promised when I was kid!

 

[Sissy Galvez]

This is crazy stuff straight out of regressive shit hole countries like Iran. They have “religious police” that enforce Islamic norms like beating women who don’t cover their hair or are seen kissing in public.

Imagine paying to go to a school that has students roaming around looking for microaggressions and other “offenses”.

 

[Mr. Skeltal]

Agreed. They aren't going to be anything but hall monitors for wrong-think.

So, what happens if you get a "mouth said wrong thing" speeding tickets from these dweebs? They're going to be hearing "Fuck off!" quite often, I'd imagine.

They're being employed to be the swear monitoring machines from Demolition Man.

 

[Pinot Pierrot]

I can't decide if students who sign up for this should be considered lower than ResetEra moderators, because at least the latter don't have to be paid to be a bunch of policing ninnies.

 

[Thumb Butler]

Imagine paying to go to a school that has students roaming around looking for microaggressions and other “offenses”.

Britain really is a vordrakian hellhole.

 

[Woke Blue Muttlema]

> "race equality champions"
> £9.34 per hour

Imagine hating yourself enough to police other people for less than minimum wage. Hell, we don't trust our student body enough to act like adults so we are going to treat them like shit for kinda offending others.
Who fuckin' gets to decide what constitutes a micro-aggression? Can I say that all the english are wankers or does that constitute hate speech now?
Who are the poor bastards that are going to sell themselves like this?

 

[BingBong]

This is why I will never go to college. I prefer being able to say "nigger" whenever and wherever.

 

[Duke Nukem]

They're being employed to be the swear monitoring machines from Demolition Man.

I always said that movie basically predicted the future the Left wants.

And they're going to get it in any way they can, by hook or by crook.

This is why I will never go to college. I prefer being able to say "nigger" whenever and wherever.

Oh this poor oppressed Republican, upset that he has to treat minorities like human beings! We should free them all from the prisons and fill them with white people instead!

 

[Otterly]

Sheffield morality police, dispensing forty lashes for speech crimes.

‘Hallam Haram.”

 

[BingBong]

Oh this poor oppressed Republican

Not a republican, but ok.

 

[Zero Day Defense]

Rather than being about controlling people's speech, the university says it is "opening up a conversation".

A conversation about what? How stupid this task force is?

"Hey, remember all those applicants that enrolled into our college that all fit the description of 'that one kid in every class that was the well-off know-it-all teacher's pet that literally no body liked'? Let's give them some power to inflate their egos and get high off of! This is a very good idea that everyone will like!"

"Hey, why are people getting shoved in lockers? I didn't think that was a college thing... what could have caused this? "