King's College race-segregated

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.

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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.

Former government minister and chairman of the Common Sense Group of MPs and peers, Sir John Hayes, has said spoken about the alleged race segregation at King’s College.
He said it was “outrageous”, adding: “This is yet another perpetuation of nonsense about white privilege and guilt and a distortion of history.”
Furthermore, he said that he would be writing to the Equality and Human Rights Commission to seek an investigation into the controversy.
However, after being contacted by the Sunday Telegraph, King’s has since amended its wording of the sessions to state they were open to all students on its website.
A spokesperson at King’s College has said: “We don’t recognise the scenario described, which is not an accurate account or description of the sessions and does not reflect the multiple aspects or aims of the course.
“These reflective sessions, which are open to all clinical psychology students, form part of our commitment to NHS England and HEE’s action plans which require all universities to help improve equality in access to healthcare and support diversity in the workforce.
“The sessions are in common with many other clinical psychology courses, and have been developed in response to feedback from trainees to support a greater understanding of the experience of all patients.”
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