Kennedy School Students Call for Training To Combat Privilege in Classroom
Students at the Kennedy School of Government gathered in the
school’s courtyard on Friday for a “moment of solidarity” in
support of a movement lobbying the school’s administration to
create a mandatory orientation program to help incoming
students and faculty better recognize and address race and
gender in the classroom.
The movement, called HKS Speaks Out, began in October
after students expressed having “really negative classroom
experiences,” according to Reetu D. Mody, a first year Master
in Public Policy student and an organizer of the movement. She
said the group has amassed about 300 student signatures, or
about a fourth of the school’s student population, on a petition
that calls for mandatory privilege and power training. . . .