"Given the COVID-related challenges to the student housing system for 2020-2021, these conversations would be aiming towards 2021-2022.”A "themed engagement floor" for Black students is being pushed by a group called Black Violets NYU. "Marginalized groups" like queer students and international students already have access to such floors, Black Violets told Fox News in a statement. "It is not about exclusion, but rather creating a space where Black students can feel included." Black Violets is pushing for other reforms, including that NYU hire Black professors in its politics department and create a Black student lounge on campus. The latter goal may be moot because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Black Violets told Fox News the pandemic will not delay their push for a Black themed engagement floor.

Source: Fox News August 24, 2020 20:14 UTC