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College In Portland Segregated First-Year Students By Race For Mandatory Orientation Sessions

Ashe Schow
College In Portland Segregated First-Year Students By Race For Mandatory Orientation Sessions
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Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, asked students to identify themselves by race and then segregated them into different orientation sessions according to their identity.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) investigated the situation after a professor brought it to their attention and called on the school to commit to never offering such sessions again, as they run afoul of the law.

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