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A whole lot of kids show up to college without realizing “the others” hate them and without hating “the others”.

Someone (the CDO) needs to sort them out
* blacks over there
* women in this area
* gays here
* ...

Then tell each group that the other groups are prejudiced against them and the “straight white male” group hates all the others.

Then there needs to be training for the kids on how to recognize microaggressions and sexual harassment. Most of these “offenses” are unnoticeable without training and many of the acts would even be appreciated by both parties without the training (e.g. a woman may want help carrying a heavy box, but a man is only allowed to help other men).

Then there’s training on symbols. Not many kids know the plastic rings that hold soda cans together resemble a noose. Or that a banana peel means the person who threw it away thinks that blacks are monkeys. These symbols need to be taught.

And there is often a fierce battle for the title of “most oppressed”. The CDO needs to make sure the university hires trained/experienced referees to make sure the battle is fought fairly. For example, if it ends up the banana peel was thrown out by a white person, your group gets 10 points. But if investigation finds a black person accidently left it there, you don’t get the points. It can be a tricky call, especially when there’s no evidence either way - it’s obviously blamed on a white male in that case, but the LGBT group that’s running neck-and-neck in the battle for “most oppressed” may object to awarding the points to the other group.

After that, the CDO has a lot of work trying to make the groups get along. It’s a difficult and underappreciated job.