King’s College London accused of holding ‘race-segregated’ NHS-funded classes
Sessions on ‘addressing whiteness’ have allegedly been offered to White students
King’s College London has been accused of asking students to take part in “race-segregated” classes funded by the NHS.
The programme, designed for students undertaking an NHS-funded doctorate in clinical psychology, has reportedly separated White students and those from ethnic minority backgrounds into different groups for discussions on race and identity.
Sessions on “addressing whiteness” have been offered to students who identify as White, meanwhile students of an ethnic minority attended different classes.
According to The Telegraph, the sessions on “addressing whiteness” inferred to White students that colonialism is “their responsibility”, regardless of where they came from. However, this also affected ethnic minority students who said they felt they were treated as “victims of the system.”
Reportedly, students have found this approach incredibly alienating and felt that it risked damaging relationships across racial lines.
King’s has denied promoting this message.
Furthermore, critics have said that KCL has been “hooked on identity politics”, with one saying “wokeness” was causing the beginnings of racial divisions at the university.
Last summer, a session reportedly left one student feeling particularly ashamed of their British culture after when asked “what’s the best thing the UK has done?”
The student then supposedly sheepishly responded: “Gravy.”
This was allegedly “shortly before D-Day commemorations were about to start”, according to an anonymous source.
Additionally, another anonymous source told The Telegraph that students were made to feel that White people “do not have any culture”, no matter where they’re from.