Spring Break
Racism still prevalent in background
By: Madiha Rizvi
Issue date: 9/18/08 Section: News
"Over history, we rationalized with the white racial frame. It is a big set of racial stereotypes, racist prejudices. Racial emotions, racial images, it is a complete array of things that attempts to explain slavery, legal segregation and contemporary discrimination as okay for good people to do," Feagin said.
"Racism is very much with us. Most of us here committed to making a better America [believe it] is to begin dealing with the racism barely beneath the surface of this polite smiling kind of cover we have for the racism in this society."
Studies conducted on campus have shown that A&M students are not as diversity-oriented and not as globally focused as they should be, Feagin said.
"Employers who interview here give good reports on the quality of our students, but say they are not as open to diversity and global perspectives as they should be. So there is an employment reason to change as well a moral reason to change," Feagin said.
"I'm looking for something to shock me. I need a better understanding and I hope to benefit from this study because of its awareness and hope to repair damage," said Jesse Pham, a junior political science major.
"I witnessed reverse discrimination," she said. "I had a sociology professor who had a Chinese wife, and they received threatening notes."
"I researched the professor speaking, to see what he had to say on how sexism plays a role [in racism] and the solutions for everyday life," said Morganna Franklin, a sophomore history major.
"In small numbers, it [racism] does exist, but it's not an obvious problem," Franklin said.
"Racism is very much with us. Most of us here committed to making a better America [believe it] is to begin dealing with the racism barely beneath the surface of this polite smiling kind of cover we have for the racism in this society."
Studies conducted on campus have shown that A&M students are not as diversity-oriented and not as globally focused as they should be, Feagin said.
"Employers who interview here give good reports on the quality of our students, but say they are not as open to diversity and global perspectives as they should be. So there is an employment reason to change as well a moral reason to change," Feagin said.
"I'm looking for something to shock me. I need a better understanding and I hope to benefit from this study because of its awareness and hope to repair damage," said Jesse Pham, a junior political science major.
"I witnessed reverse discrimination," she said. "I had a sociology professor who had a Chinese wife, and they received threatening notes."
"I researched the professor speaking, to see what he had to say on how sexism plays a role [in racism] and the solutions for everyday life," said Morganna Franklin, a sophomore history major.
"In small numbers, it [racism] does exist, but it's not an obvious problem," Franklin said.
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