Usually at colleges there are reserved spaces for minorities, whether it be race, gender, or sexuality. At least those are the identities I know of. Sometimes, universities don't have enough space so they force the minorities to share the space, designating it for different days. It's essentially a room for group therapy sessions, discussions, and bringing up weird microaggressions during each session. The rules usually just follow letting people speak, not being "mean," and generally not being oppressive by invalidating anyone's experience. They also introduce pronouns, which I never remember. Sometimes these spaces are used to organize protests, events, or otherwise "awareness" oriented activities. I hated being called person of color, it stung like a slur. After being tokenized as a gay PoC, I left and never went back.
[–] Shaden 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Usually at colleges there are reserved spaces for minorities, whether it be race, gender, or sexuality. At least those are the identities I know of. Sometimes, universities don't have enough space so they force the minorities to share the space, designating it for different days. It's essentially a room for group therapy sessions, discussions, and bringing up weird microaggressions during each session. The rules usually just follow letting people speak, not being "mean," and generally not being oppressive by invalidating anyone's experience. They also introduce pronouns, which I never remember. Sometimes these spaces are used to organize protests, events, or otherwise "awareness" oriented activities. I hated being called person of color, it stung like a slur. After being tokenized as a gay PoC, I left and never went back.