During my first week of being at Ripon, I went for a morning run. I regretted this almost immediately because as I was jogging a car drove past me shouting racist obscenities. The college handled this by sending a shaming statement in the town newspaper, but through touching base with […]
In the first semester, I attended my PWI, I had gotten into this very emotional and overwhelming argument with a friend of mine concerning slavery in film. They had thought that the film “Django” was an important and informative film, but me, being the black person, had expressed my discomfort […]
Most white people hang out with each other. Even though the school is diverse, as a POC it’s hard for me to be friends with people outside of my race because they are not as warm and receptive toward me. Resources such as the BSU and African cultural club (ACC) […]
In a way our school is cliquey. I say this because we have a majority white population on our campus which makes the POC individuals feel isolated in a way. There are not any resources explicitly available to black students, however, the University of Wisconsin La Crosse has always been […]
I would definitely say to an extent there is some segregation. Of course, we all take classes together, but in the residence hall, you won’t necessarily see the white kids and Black kids together. It isn’t a melting pot like they portray college to be. I wanted to join the […]
Though south is a PWI there are a lot of different ethnicities and races at the school. For some students, it’s easier to group with their own race or ethnicity so we have a lot of different groups and organizations for things like that. It’s good but also bad because […]
The Tennessee Tech Black cultural center helps with finding a home away from home. With our admission numbers being low for students of color, having this place assists with the mental state of feeling appreciated. The school has mentoring programs called RACE and RACE Plus. That being said, there is […]
Tennessee Tech is segregated between races. They are very inclusive to POC but are secluded from other races. The organizations related to POC support students very well but the school itself sometimes overlooks certain students and organizations. I wish Tennessee Tech would help to be more inclusive and support POC […]
It’s segregated to a certain degree but definitely not cliquey. I have friends of different ethnicities and races but would say that like most places people of the same ethnicity and race tend to hang out with people who share their identifiers. It’s not hard though to make friends of […]
One day, I walked into a predominantly white party off-campus, and a white student yelled “why are all the minorities here?!” Not to only highlight racist incidents, I’ll also add that the BSU had a Friendsgiving and a large group of black students across the years came together to cook […]
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