Discrimination has no place at Wesleyan

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Discrimination has no place at Wesleyan
By Melissa Bates
16 September, 2010


http://www.therambler.org/opinions/discrimination-has-no-place-at-wesleyan-1.2332086


One might think that discrimination on a Methodist campus would be difficult to find, but I was appalled last spring when I found the opposite is true.

A friend of mine, who happens to be Jewish, confided in me that some Wesleyan students had called him derisive names. I could not believe something like that would happen at my school, and I was outraged.

Later that week, I encountered discrimination again on campus while in a humanities class discussing two workshops that had been presented at University College Day. The workshops focused on the topic of transgender issues.