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Laurier University is in hot water over a recent race-related study. According to the survey, which polled minority students, upwards of 70 per cent of respondents experienced racism on WLU’s campus.

If 70 per cent sounds hyperbolic, that’s because it has to be. The problem with this study – and many others that include self-reported data – is that the definition for racism was not defined. The study itself states at the outset: “this study takes a believing stance; therefore, if participants understand their experiences as racism, then we do not question the validity of their lived experiences.”

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In other words, anything goes.