It isn't merely what this article is about but something that is said at the very end of the article that catches my eye:
[URL]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15633027/[/URL]

I find it rather hypocrictical that a college that is preparing to hold a race symposium to talk about diversity would have a "Black Student Union", clearly a segregated group of individuals. Moreover, I wonder if there is a Student Union representing each and every race of students at the college, or does the college only allow student unions segregated by race to exist only if it is an "accepted" race?

Frankly, this makes it appear similar to the "sensitivity courses" where "all men are bad and all women are their victims" that comes up from time to time.

Sometimes, these things come off, also, as "you may only see us the way WE want you to see us, not the way YOU want to see us. But we can see you however we want and you may not dispute that view".