High school students at Moorestown Friends School, a private Quaker school in Moorestown, New Jersey, can take part in racially segregated affinity groups, according to the school's website.
The school's Diversity and Inclusion office says its affinity groups are used to introduce high school students to one another that all share an"identifier," which could be race, religion, gender, or family status."The term affinity group is used as a bringing together of people who have an identifier in common, e.g. race, gender, religion, family status, etc.," the school's website says.
The school lists a number of racially specific groups, including blacks, Jews, Hispanics, Asians, and South Asians. The school also has a"White Ally" group, as well as groups for children of divorced homes, adopted students, and gay and transgender students. "Of the nearly 30 clubs and 13 Affinity Groups, many of them talk about their affinities, uphold their allyship, and express their interests," the school's website says."All of the Clubs and Affinity Groups are student-led with faculty advisors to help facilitate or to give vocabulary, and most importantly, to learn about the student experience directly from the source."
While the affinity groups are currently reserved for high school students, the school says it has plans to implement affinity groups for middle school students. The Religious Society of Friends, often referred to as Quakers, is a religious sect of Christianity known for being pacifist and refusing to take legal oaths. Members have long been recognized as social activists due in part to their opposition to all wars.
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