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To: LindyBill who wrote (61049)	12/11/2002 9:56:52 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

A private developer cannot say:"This apartment house is a theme house, and only available to persons of European descent. The one next door is reserved for African- Americans, and the next for Asians." He would immediately run afoul of the Fair Housing laws, because he is, in effect, enforcing segregation by reserving apartments for those of a particular race. It would be no defense to say that participation in the theme housing was voluntary (since one could go to apartments which were not restricted), and that other theme houses were made available to accommodate those of other races. Very clearly, he is violating the law, which forbids even subtle pressure to steer persons of a particular race away from a particular neighborhood. I would be very curious to see if there is a University Exception to the Fair Housing laws......

To: LindyBill who wrote (61049)	12/11/2002 10:54:50 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

In addition to living segregated lives in their dorm, these students then spend a lot their University time in segregated classes, under the heading of Chicano, Black, or Women's Studies. Bill, you are certainly entitled to your views. But I don't wish folk who read these posts to think they are accurate pictures of university life. Or, at least at a minimum, your characterizations can go unanswered. Those classes are typically open to all students. In my experience, they were quite mixed save for males afraid to take women's studies courses (not kept out, mind you). And the theme housing is open to students of different skin pigmentation or ethnic heritage. As for giving in to student radicals, I can't speak for other campuses, but that's certainly not the history on my old one. Why don't we put this topic to bed. It's off topic, at best.