I think it depends, but in general, I'm against identity based housing. First of all, if there can't be an all-white mod (because that would be seen as discrimination), why can there be an international students mod? If there can't be a heterosexual mod, why can there be an LGBT mod?
I also think that identity based housing only separates the group in the mod from the rest of the Hampshire community. If international students spend most of their time with other international students, they aren't forced to branch out and become part of the community, which is vital.
This issue always reminds me of George Orwell's quote from Animal Farm: "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others." Why should some people get privileges (which actually harm them and the community more than help them) that others don't?
One of the qualifications for becoming an identity based mod is that "the group currently experiences or has historically experienced oppression within or outside the Hampshire community." This may sound harsh, but GET OVER IT. If you are currently experienced oppression, I understand that it may be necessary to go to extreme measures and sequester yourself, but if you belong to a group that was oppressed in the past, it seems ridiculous that you should still be expecting different treatment from everyone else. If we want to get to a point of anti-discrimination where we ignore race, gender, creed, sexual orientation, culture, etc., then we need to start actually trying to ignore it. Trying to achieve a goal of ignoring these differences by paying special attention to them just isn't logical.
On the other hand, I think that if mods were available to all identity based groups, including majorities, then that might be okay (emphasis on "might"). For example, there's a kosher mod (I think that's themed and not identity based, but still...), which implies that the residents belong to a religion that follows kosher practices, but there's no mod for Christians. There's not even a "spiritual life advisor" for Christians, but that's a whole other rant.
