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Professor: Racial issues apparent on campus
Caroline Lockwood
Issue date: 11/15/07 Section: News
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White privilege and racial tension are serious problems on the TCU campus, the social work chairwoman said Wednesday.
Linda Moore, professor and chairwoman of the Department of Social Work, spoke at the Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center as part of the monthly inclusiveness luncheon held by Inclusiveness & Intercultural Services.
"You can feel isolated on this campus as a student of color because a lot of groups are not as welcome as others," Moore said.
Moore said she has had several black students ask why white females step off the sidewalk or tighten their purse whenever a black male walks by. She said white people should put themselves in the shoes of others.
"You're a good student. You work hard. You've come to college because you want to do good things for yourself," Moore said. "But when you walk on a sidewalk on TCU, people don't say hi, they revoke."
Moore said whites are taught not to recognize white privilege, because they believe they can't possibly be oppressors, when in fact they are. She also said racial tension is on the rise due to the amount of disparity between whites and other races, Moore said.
One of several disparities Moore pointed out was the difference between the percentages of white college graduates versus other races. Whites have a graduation rate of 35 percent, followed by blacks with a 17 percent rate, Hispanics with 15 percent and American Indians with 10 percent.
Moore said black students are less likely to finish college because of isolation. She added that this is a major problem on the TCU campus.
Other disparities include health, drug, missing person and hate crime rates, Moore said.
She said every hour, a hate crime is committed and every day, eight blacks, three whites, one Hispanic and three Jewish people are victims of hate crimes.
Moore said there should be no reason why blacks are victims almost three times more than whites.
"When white people think of oppression, they think of negative behavior by others, but not themselves," Moore said.
Linda Moore, professor and chairwoman of the Department of Social Work, spoke at the Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center as part of the monthly inclusiveness luncheon held by Inclusiveness & Intercultural Services.
"You can feel isolated on this campus as a student of color because a lot of groups are not as welcome as others," Moore said.
Moore said she has had several black students ask why white females step off the sidewalk or tighten their purse whenever a black male walks by. She said white people should put themselves in the shoes of others.
"You're a good student. You work hard. You've come to college because you want to do good things for yourself," Moore said. "But when you walk on a sidewalk on TCU, people don't say hi, they revoke."
Moore said whites are taught not to recognize white privilege, because they believe they can't possibly be oppressors, when in fact they are. She also said racial tension is on the rise due to the amount of disparity between whites and other races, Moore said.
One of several disparities Moore pointed out was the difference between the percentages of white college graduates versus other races. Whites have a graduation rate of 35 percent, followed by blacks with a 17 percent rate, Hispanics with 15 percent and American Indians with 10 percent.
Moore said black students are less likely to finish college because of isolation. She added that this is a major problem on the TCU campus.
Other disparities include health, drug, missing person and hate crime rates, Moore said.
She said every hour, a hate crime is committed and every day, eight blacks, three whites, one Hispanic and three Jewish people are victims of hate crimes.
Moore said there should be no reason why blacks are victims almost three times more than whites.
"When white people think of oppression, they think of negative behavior by others, but not themselves," Moore said.
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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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