; 2000d et seq.), including the following: (A) That individuals of any race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin are inherently members of an oppressed or oppressor category. (B) That individuals should be adversely or advantageously treated on the basis of their race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin. (C) That individuals, by virtue of race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin, bear collective guilt and are inherently responsible for actions committed in the past or present by other members of the same race, ethnicity, color, or national origin. (2) Diversity statement The term diversity statement means any written or oral statement that— (A) discusses the immutable characteristics, including race, sex, color, ethnicity, or country of origin of any applicant for enrollment, admission, employment, or advancement at an institution of higher education; (B) affirms that individuals of any race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin are inherently superior or inferior; (C) affirms that individuals should be adversely or advantageously treated on the basis of their race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin; or (D) affirms that individuals, by virtue of race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin, bear collective guilt and are inherently responsible for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race, ethnicity, color, or national origin. (3) Institution of higher education The term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 102. . 2. Conforming requirements for accrediting agencies and associations Section 496(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1099b(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (7), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and