Duke Students And Workers In Solidarity Summary

Two professors of different backgrounds, Mike Rose of California, and Gerald Graff, of Illinois, discuss the problems college students face today in America. Though similar in slight variations, both professors view the problem in different regards and prepare solutions that solve what they feel to be the heart of this academic problem.

During a group discussion with my peers, someone told me that the only reason that Texas Tech admitted me was because of the color of my skin and that Tech had to meet a certain quota. However, being African American ultimately made me fight even harder to prove that my hard work was not based on the idea that someone owed me something. Shelby Steele an author, professor and a speaker on race relations, relates to me through his essay titled “The New Sovereignty.” Steele grew up in the Civil Rights Era and witnessed oppression, but he believes that oppression has led to entitlement. In the essay he explains that America has encouraged, instead of breaking down, the notion that grievance groups and minority groups feel entitled because of previous

What is your perception of any college policies or processes that directly affect you as a college student.

According to Rawls, citizens, or campus community members in this case, must work toward creating equality for the disadvantage. Therefore, I first argue that community members should have the liberty to not have to be constantly reminded of their social, political, and economic oppression. To this end, I hone in on self-respect as a liberty that these traditions do not allow. Then, I analyze the 2013 Diversity Matters: The University of Mississippi Diversity Plan to illustrate how administrators are envisioning the universities continued departure from the confederacy. My aim is to show how the university is working toward Rawls’ second principle of justice with the proposed plan.

Earl Mosley, a postal employee, picketed at Jones Commercial High School in Chicago for seven months continuously. The subject of this matter was his thoughts that Jones Commercial High School used a quota. He carried a sign that read as follows: ?Jones High School practices

The 1969 strike of foodservice workers at UNC Chapel Hill was a labor dispute involving lunch ladies, less than 20 women of color, working in a college cafeteria serving the large student population. This unlikely group of women and their labor dispute had a much more important effect on the larger perspective of not only work conditions and wages for women and African Americans, but the macro level of civil rights on college campuses in the south during the civil rights movement. The efforts of the women and Black Student Movement to fight for fair pay, We will also look at the impact this labor dispute had for not only the college campus but also the entire state of North Carolina and the nation at large. Not only geographically, we will also examine the effect this foodservice strike has had on the fast food industry presently and labor relations for the “Fight for 15” movement.

March 16 saw a demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama in which 580 demonstrators planned to march “from the Jackson Street Baptist Church to the Montgomery County Courthouse” (Reed 26). These protestors included a large number of northern college students. They met a police line a few blocks from the Courthouse and were forbidden from proceeding because “they did not have a parade permit” (Reed 26). Across the street came 40 or so students who planned on joining the group en route to the Courthouse. Eventually a few of the demonstrators dared to cross the street, led by James Forman who had organized the march. When it seemed the whole group would cross, police took action, with mounted officers and volunteers arriving at 1:12 pm. Riding into the small group of protestors, they forced most to withdraw, but a few stood fast around a utility pole where horsemen began to beat them. “A posseman

Racism is a controversial point that has been taking place in the United States since early times. This same point was affecting students in the University of Missouri since several months ago. The Missouri University’s president Timothy Wolfe has been accused of not taking action against the persistent racial epithets and actions in the university. After the biased demise of Michael Brown, by a white police officer, an abundant number of students and faculty members were inspired by this incident and held demonstrations and protests against segregation. However, the crucial impact that cause Wolfe’s retirement of his responsibilities as a President of the University was the Football boycott. The country’s most dominant college football league

Professor X who is a part-time adjunct instructor of English in a community college wrote this journal to discuss a very controversial issue: Is that important or necessary for everyone to continue a high level education in college? The ideal of equal opportunity gives the access for all the students to pursue the college education in the United States. However, due to the lack of knowledge or skills, some of the students are not qualify to pass the college education somehow. For many of the students, “college was not a goal they spent years preparing for, but a place they landed in.” Professor X mentioned that some of his students are not interested in the writing class, and they took this class

In today’s world, the American still has barriers to overcome in the matter of racial equality. Whether it is being passed over for a promotion at the job or being underpaid, some people have to deal with unfair practice that would prevent someone of color or the opposite sex from having equal opportunity at the job. In 2004, Dukes vs. Wal-Mart Stores Incorporation was a civil rights class-action suite that ruled in favor of the women who worked and did not received promotions, pay and certain job assignments. This proves that some corporations ignore the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which protects workers from discrimination based on sex, race, religion or national origin.

For the students lacking the privilege/benefits of status and wealth should not give up trying and not settle for less. The people that are low privilege should keep their heads up and work hard every day and prove to everyone else that because they come from a poorer community and their parents living pay to check to paycheck just to make it they deserve the right to be successful in life. There are a lot of success stories that come from low privilege home. For me I was from a low privilege home I didn’t have much growing up. I worked every day a to prove to myself that you are somebody special and I work hard every day to get where I’m at now.

The Student Service was refused but they sat there patiently and quietly despite threats. That is what Sit-ins were.

Claudette Colvin, a 15-year old high school student – was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white couple. She was sent to court despite “the city law required passengers to move only if another seat was available,” which – in this case – there were no more seats available (McGuire 68). With this as major evidence, one would think that she got off without a guilty sentence. That, in fact, did not happen. After she was found guilty of breaking the law, Jo Ann Robinson and the WPC decided that it was time for a boycott, and they wanted

Hundreds of students showed up to give their support. They were organized into small groups and given stores to sit in to protest the unjust segregation. The students were not disruptive to the other patrons. In fact, they wore their best clothes, so that they would look presentable. Since they had been denied service, they sat at the tables doing homework. Originally, students were rebuked even by black workers in the establishments who were worried about the student’s safety and losing their own jobs. The black students chose a non-violent form of protest as a form of respect for their opposition. The focus was on desegregation and they were not to distract from the cause by bringing up other problems. Sit-ins made students feel as though they had the power to fight for their cause. They claimed the right to fix their own problems, instead of waiting around for someone else to fix it. One protest may not change anything, but when combined with others protests, they could generate change in the world. The Sit-ins movement made businessmen focus on the issue, since no one came downtown anymore. The only people they had in their store they were against selling to, but they still needed to make a profit to keep their businesses open. This created a dilemma for the businessmen. In the end they were required to serve the same people they had refused to serve years

• Students are increasingly likely to work while in college. Since 1984, the fraction of