Professor: Racial issues apparent on campus
Caroline Lockwood
Issue date: 11/15/07 Section: News
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Moore said white privilege teaches racism and only occurs in individual acts. Though a person may not use racial slurs or commit hate crimes, Moore said, they might still be committing racist acts.
"If you support a system that keeps another race out of an educational institution, or keeps them having a higher level of poverty or keeps them out of a health care system, it becomes white privilege," Moore said.
In a study done recently by the New York Times, 80 percent of blacks believe they are worse off today than they were five years ago, and they don't expect their lives to improve. Whites polled were twice as likely to think the lives of blacks have improved in the past five years, according to the study.
"The income gap has grown, poverty has increased and the black man's income has declined," Moore said. "So why do so many whites believe things are getting better?"
LaTanya Johns, assistant director for the center of professional communication in the Neeley School of Business, said she was not shocked by the statistics Moore presented, and little is being done about the situation.
"Things are not getting worse; they are staying the same," Johns said. "But I don't see it getting better."
Marcia Hensley, assistant director for executive development in the Neeley School, said she has a black male friend who has suffered from stereotypes.
"Yesterday we were just talking about how people follow him around in the mall if he doesn't dress up," Hensley said. "He thinks it's going to stay bad, but I think it's going to get better."
If people do not become open-minded and take action soon, Moore said, not only will other races be affected, whites will be too.
"If we keep silent, we keep equity incomplete, we infer dominance and protect stereotypes," Moore said. "It doesn't just distort the people we oppress; we distort ourselves too. It's been 40 years since the big push. People should start feeling like things are getting better."
"If you support a system that keeps another race out of an educational institution, or keeps them having a higher level of poverty or keeps them out of a health care system, it becomes white privilege," Moore said.
In a study done recently by the New York Times, 80 percent of blacks believe they are worse off today than they were five years ago, and they don't expect their lives to improve. Whites polled were twice as likely to think the lives of blacks have improved in the past five years, according to the study.
"The income gap has grown, poverty has increased and the black man's income has declined," Moore said. "So why do so many whites believe things are getting better?"
LaTanya Johns, assistant director for the center of professional communication in the Neeley School of Business, said she was not shocked by the statistics Moore presented, and little is being done about the situation.
"Things are not getting worse; they are staying the same," Johns said. "But I don't see it getting better."
Marcia Hensley, assistant director for executive development in the Neeley School, said she has a black male friend who has suffered from stereotypes.
"Yesterday we were just talking about how people follow him around in the mall if he doesn't dress up," Hensley said. "He thinks it's going to stay bad, but I think it's going to get better."
If people do not become open-minded and take action soon, Moore said, not only will other races be affected, whites will be too.
"If we keep silent, we keep equity incomplete, we infer dominance and protect stereotypes," Moore said. "It doesn't just distort the people we oppress; we distort ourselves too. It's been 40 years since the big push. People should start feeling like things are getting better."
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katie stein
posted 11/15/07 @ 11:30 AM CST
I am very disappointed in the skiff for printing such a racist article towards the white students on campus. I believe this article will bring more harm than good. (Continued…)
Jeff Stein
posted 11/15/07 @ 2:29 PM CST
Shame on you! My daughter has blond hair and blue eyes and she has never been racist a day in her life! However, having to read these victocratic, poor me, blame the white guy OPINIONS, written by those looking for excuses as to why some minorities don't excell the same as white students, creates the danger of changing HER opinion. (Continued…)
FW Writer
posted 11/15/07 @ 6:10 PM CST
This was incredibly sloppy journalism by the Skiff and even more hypocritical by Linda Moore of Social Work, who happens to be Caucasian, along with the rest of the department's faculty. (Continued…)
Deidra Turner
posted 11/16/07 @ 10:57 AM CST
I attended the luncheon and the Skiff article on the presentation regarding White Privilege is highly inaccurate. The definition listed for white privilege is incorrect and Dr. (Continued…)
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