Praising foreign students' English racist 'microaggression': UK universities' new guidelines 15 May, 2021 08:31 PM 3 minutes to read Among the new guidelines, Imperial College London campus security guards are told not to ask a black member of staff if they are lost because this carries "assumptions of criminality". Photo / Getty Images Among the new guidelines, Imperial College London campus security guards are told not to ask a black member of staff if they are lost because this carries "assumptions of criminality". Photo / Getty Images Daily Telegraph UK By: Ewan Somerville Lecturers should not compliment a foreign student's English because it is a potentially racist "microaggression", leading British universities say.