Cultural appropriation is verboten.
Via The College Fix:
The University of Maryland’s Department of Resident Life is piloting a program this year which has placed “multicultural advocates” in selected dormitories to — you guessed it — “promote campus diversity and inclusion efforts.”
Though these advocates don’t live in the dorms as resident assistants do, they do hold office hours there and lead “dialogue sessions” about diversity, The Diamondback reports.
Laura Tan, UMD Resident Life associate director for North Campus, said she expects “fewer hate bias incidents” if the multicultural advocates can cultivate relationships with dorm residents.
The university has been a “hotbed” for so-called “hate/bias incidents” in this school year’s early going.
After this pilot year, the university looks to place an advocate in every campus dorm next year.[…]
Student Mandy Zheng said she approves of the multicultural advocate position because “it’s important to know that one race isn’t superior and to be open-minded toward other people’s ideas.”