November 29, 2009: Civil Rights - Claims of deliberate indifference to student-on-student harassment or to a hostile environment are actionable under Title VI. Claims of deliberate indifference to student-on-student harassment or to a hostile environment are actionable under Title VI's prohibition on race discrimination by entities receiving federal funds. A state university, however, was not deliberately indifferent to the alleged racial harassment of a Caucasian student by his African-American roommate prior to an incident in which the roommate physically attacked the student, as required for the student to establish a discrimination claim under Title VI. The only race-related problem between the student and his roommate brought to a university official's attention was the roommate's use of a racial slur generally not directed at Caucasian students, and the official explicitly told the roommate to reconsider his use of the slur. The student did not inform the official that the roommate had directed other racial epithets at him or that he felt racially harassed by the roommate, and did not request or suggest a change in roommates.