The controversies regarding the treatment of social minorities have a grand history, yet it seems to be an incomplete assignment globally. A survey was conducted among the Korea University (KU) community to take a glimpse of the extent to which different social minority groups are feeling at home at KU. The survey results summarize the responses of 311 members of the KU community. 

Q1. Do you consider issues regarding social minorities to be significant?

 

   
 

Q2. Do you feel that students, faculty, and staff at KU are open to social minorities?

 

   
 

Q3. On a scale from 1 to 5, do you think the rights of women/LGBTs/disabled people/foreigners are being well protected?

Respondents were asked to rate how well each social minority was protected at KU, on a scale of 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating better protection of rights for minorities. The results below are averages of the numerical data provided by the respondents. 

   
 

Q4. Where do you think actions of hatred against social minorities occur most often?

 

   
 

Other responses included Social Networking System (SNS) and public places in general. 

Q5. Which community do you think should most actively work to protect the rights of minorities?

 

   
 

Q6. Please share your experiences in which a social minority was being discriminated against.

50 people shared their experiences of witnessing social minorities being discriminated against. Some of the most frequent responses included professors mentioning anti-feminist topics and both students and professors making demeaning comments about LGBTs.  

 

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