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Students Praise Cornell University s Rock Climbing Course Designed for Nonwhites – RedState

In February, I covered the case of the Ivy League school’s rock climbing course. Per a web archive, the original description went as follows: Come climb with COE (Cornell Outdoor Education) and take part in the Cornell climbing community! We will introduce you to rock climbing movement and techniques, belaying, equipment, knots, rappelling, and safety at the Lindseth Climbing Center. Courses ensure a high degree of individual attention and a supportive space to explore the vertical world! Sound good? Here’s a twist: We will also talk about BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) individuals and groups in rock climbing.

Cornell defends minorities-only rock-climbing class after online uproar -- Society s Child -- Sott net

© Cornell University Cornell University came under fire for a rock-climbing course geared toward BIPOC students that has been called “racist” and “literally evil.”Cornell University Cornell University is defending a new rock-climbing class offered to minority groups. Among the Ivy League school s Outdoor Education offerings for the spring 2021 semester was a course called BIPOC Rock Climbing. The course description, according to the Cornell Daily Sun, specified that the class was for people who identify as Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, or other people of color. That prompted an uproar from across the internet. The university was accused of violating federal and state civil rights law, while one Reddit user decried what they described as a horrifically and monstrously racist practice that has no place in the modern world and literally evil.

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