A Black Guy Rapped A Girl Near The Campus Center

Tim Wise’s film “White Like Me” is an educational documentary about racism and white privilege. The film begins with Wise’s personal story on how he learned the importance of race at a young age after attending preschool at Tennessee State University, a historically African American college. Being one of the only Caucasian students and being taught by predominantly African American administrators, allowed Wise to gain respect for African American authority figures which ultimately made a huge difference in how he came to see the world. Throughout the film, Wise expands on his personal encounters with race while incorporating interviews with scholars and candid comments from white students discussing their opinions on some heavy questions

For example in the book “Leon's Story”, Leon says that when African American kids would be walking back from school the white bus would come by and all of African American kids would start running looking for a good place to hide. But if they could not hide and the bus driver stopped the bus it was not a good sign,that meant the white kids would get off of the bus and start throwing anything that they could throw at African American kids and calling them names. They did this because they were taught that African American or Negroes had no feeling and you could not hurt them. The older African American kids would be standing in front of the little kids protecting them. Another example of violence was that on leon's 15 birthday his parents were walking to get something when a car with a teenage boy driving headed straight for leons parents. Leons dad shoved his mother into the ditch, but sadley car plowed over Mr. Tillage then while he was trying to get up the car turned around and ran over him again, this time Mr. Tillage got stuck under the car they

Racial diversity is something that is often discussed on college campuses. As a student who self-identifies as a minority in more ways than one I often feel like I have a pretty good understanding of the subject of racism and race. However, often times when these issue are discussed I learn something new; this was the case when reading the articles this week. This week’s articles examined the issue of race from different perspectives. This allowed me to re-examine the issue in a fuller manner; it also allowed me to question some of my own notions that I hadn’t really challenged before.

When you live in the suburbs of Atlanta, it was easy to forget about whites. Whites were like those pigeons: real and existing, but rarely seen or thought about…everyone had seen white girls and their mother coo-coing over dresses; everyone had gone to downtown library and seen white businessmen swish by importantly, wrists flexed in front of them to check the time as though they would change from Clark Kent into Superman…those images were a fleeing as cards shuffled in a deck, where as the ten white girls behind us were real and memorable (179).

This article was really eye opening as I read it. I have thought about the differences that occur between white people and people of color, but I had

In 1976 black students accounted for 1% and Hispanics made up .03% of total enrollment at two and four year colleges, while the percentage of whites enrolled was 83%. By 2011, both black and Hispanic enrollment had increased by 14% with white enrollment decreasing by 24%. These numbers illustrate that the black share of total enrollment between 1976 and 2011 almost doubled, the Hispanic share quadrupled and the White

A principal and an Assistant Principal, both black - were having a heated conversation with a white teacher and in the middle of the argument she stated that “she hated all black folks.”

‘Sexual Violence is more than just a crime against individuals. It threatens our families; it threatens our communities. Ultimately, it threatens the entire country’ (qtd. in Burleigh pg. 2). In the article, “Confronting Campus Rape” written by Nina Burleigh; a writer, journalist, and professor at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, describes what students are doing to force universities to take a stronger stand against campus sexual assault. Moreover Burleigh describes what the government is doing to make a difference on the issue. This includes laws that have created consequences for the assaulter and laws that protect the victim. According to Burleigh, a young woman called Laura Dunn was sexually assaulted on campus. Dunn was a student of UW. On April 4th, 2014, Dunn lost her virginity to two UW athletes. That night, Dunn was attending a party at the university. Dunn was enjoying the party and lost count of her alcohol intake. Dunn remembers being led out by two older teammates, who she knew. Dunn was very intoxicated, enough to stumble on her way back to what she thought would be another campus party, as one of the athletes helped her walk. The athletes led Dunn to one of their apartments where she found herself on a bed with both of them on top of her. Dunn was so intoxicated that she couldn’t help but to drift in and out of conscious leaving her unable to stop the two men. Dunn began to feel sick and was led to the bathroom by one of the athletes, where he penetrated her from behind while she was throwing up. That was a date Dunn would never forget. Dunn like many other women at the UW have been sexually abused by other students. Although Dun’s incident is shocking, it is not uncommon for women to be sexually assaulted on campus. A woman at the  university of Wisconsin is more prone to being sexually assaulted than any other woman in the country because of alcohol intoxication; this is a problem that must be resolved.

Growing up, I wasn’t properly taught much about race. I grew up in a small town of less than 7500 people. The vast majority of people were white, with a few African Americans, a few people of Native American descent, and maybe around one hundred Hispanics. It was more common to see a big truck with the confederate flag plastered all over it than to see an African American. I had been places where there were people of different races, however, living in Louisville is the first time I have truly been around and really interacted with many people of different races.

Besides the struggle that come with being able to fund their college education, the racial cognitions associated with the black race have led to ongoing racism and racial microaggressions that more so affects black women’s college experience at predominantly white institutions than historical black colleges and universities. D’Augelli and Hershberger conducted a survey of a pool of black students that resulted in “the majority (89%) of black students indicated having experience some sort of negative racial experience (harassment, racial remark, feelings of mistreatment, etc.) (Shabazz 2015).” Racial microaggressions (RMAs) refer to subtle, yet derogatory communications toward individuals of color (Chambers 2012). These racial microagressions are commonly seen in the academic settings at predominantly white institutions, which tend to perpetuate negative stereotypes. Studies suggest that RMAs remain commonly experienced by many non-White students. For blacks, an example stereotype that is typically expressed is the perception that black students are not intelligent by their classmates and professors. Within the study, a recurring experience for black women was that they were perceived as not being smart enough. Black students tend to form fraternities, sororities, and organizations within themselves to feel more valued whether that may be academically, personally, socially, or culturally. Within the classrooms, dorms, parties, or dining hall are example of places that

According to the Daily Aztec news source, which has been an independent news source for San Diego State University since 1913, The Afrikan Student Excellence Council (ASEC) held meetings alongside other cultural groups across campus to discuss racial profiling in the San Diego State University Police department 's crime alerts (Lozano). One of their supporters Shellie Stamps, who is the Association of Africana Studies Majors and Minors President said, “The Main Concern, which was cause for the meeting, was racial profiling” (Lozano). As the meeting went on, students offered testimonies about incidents in which they were victims of the crime alerts, similar to my own scenario. Students said that the “ambiguity” of the crime alerts targeted African American males which alluded them to be subjected to many uncomfortable situations and very insensitive racial jokes. One of the victims, named Jonathan Cunha, told his story and said, “Last year I

According to the Daily Aztec news source, which has been an independent news source for San Diego State University since 1913, The Afrikan Student Excellence Council (ASEC) held meetings alongside other cultural groups across campus to discuss racial profiling in the San Diego State University Police department 's crime alerts. One of their supporters Shellie Stamps, who is the Association of Africana Studies Majors and Minors President said, “The Main Concern, which was cause for the meeting, was racial profiling”. As the meeting went on, students offered testimonies about incidents in which they were victims of the crime alerts, similar to my own scenario. Students said that the “ambiguity” of the crime alerts targeted African American males which alluded them to be subjected to many uncomfortable situations and very insensitive racial jokes. One of the victims, named Jonathan Cunha, told his story and said, “Last year I had some of my classmates joking, ‘Oh you robbed somebody again, people were always saying, ‘wow these descriptions, they sound a lot like you.” The main issue that comes from this is whether or not the racial descriptions are necessary and are effective in capturing the suspects of the crime. San Diego State University students who rallied are a good example of the steps needed in order to get a

Attending Georgia College has also been an eye opening experience, when it comes to race as an identity source. I came from a diverse high school to a college with a low minority population. It can sometimes be an uncomfortable situation being the only black student in a classroom; especially when topics such as race is discussed. I never want my peers to feel as if they have to limit their thoughts due to the fear of offending me, but I also do not want to experience ignorant comments regarding my race. It’s has been difficult socially adjusting to my new

Students of color have their experiences at school belittled. “When students look to counseling, they are often told their racialized experiences are in their head -- that the college or university is color blind.” Dr. Ebony McGee, assistant professor of diversity and urban schooling at Vanderbilt's Peabody College of Education and Human Development

The next morning I called home. That fall I would start school at a Historically Black University, as systematically different as I could get from my southern Missouri predominantly white university. I flourished, I was involved in numerous organizations, inducted into a national Greek lettered organization and soon after, elected President of my chapter. I developed essential study habits and found my sense of belonging. If you were to ask me what color my crayon was then; it would be the alluring brown or the rich black crayon in the box. My crayon was as brown as the dirt in mother Africa, and as black as the chains the “white man” used to put me into slavery. Yet, I still had not found my true identity I had merely assimilated to the culture around me. It would not be until I stepped into the working world that my true colors would show.