Greetings,
This is an interesting question.
How widespread is racism at uni? - The Guardian, Friday March 14, 2014
Before I went to university I met an undergraduate. I wanted to know what is done to gain the degree, and what university is like. The undergraduate answered the first part of my question. To the second part the response was unexpected - "university is about society".
The students who enter university are from all walks of life, bringing with them their belief systems, prejudices, values, attitudes, norms, and mores. There is no guarantee the higher education experience will bring about a change in behaviour.
Wherever one chooses to have a university education, it is a battleground, just as life is outside of it. Fitting in, is difficult enough. It becomes more difficult when there is racial insensitivity.
So what is the answer to this question?
Take a position.
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Grace
Friday 2 May 2014
Circles
Greetings,
I understand a Cambridge college at Cambridge University chose a theme for its annual ball namely, "Gone with the Wind".
Cambridge college cancels 'racist' Gone With The Wind themed ball - The Guardian, Wednesday March 19, 2014
This is the title of a 1939 film set in the period of the American Civil War.
For further information click here: "Gone with the Wind"
In my opinion, with some decisions, the thinking that underlies the decision, is more important than the decision itself.
Values, attitudes, norms, and mores help to form one's thinking. Thinking patterns will not change on request.
I believe, if there were no objections, "Gone With The Wind", would have, gone on.
It is very unlikely issues on race will be a thing of the past any time soon.
Hattie McDaniel, an African-American actress in the 1939 film "Gone with the Wind", played the controversial role of Mammy, the very busy, and ever conversant house slave. For her role she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, the first African-American actress to do so. In Hattie McDaniel's time, African-Americans experienced extreme racial stereotyping, racial prejudice, and segregation.
Forward
Grace
I understand a Cambridge college at Cambridge University chose a theme for its annual ball namely, "Gone with the Wind".
Cambridge college cancels 'racist' Gone With The Wind themed ball - The Guardian, Wednesday March 19, 2014
This is the title of a 1939 film set in the period of the American Civil War.
For further information click here: "Gone with the Wind"
In my opinion, with some decisions, the thinking that underlies the decision, is more important than the decision itself.
Values, attitudes, norms, and mores help to form one's thinking. Thinking patterns will not change on request.
I believe, if there were no objections, "Gone With The Wind", would have, gone on.
It is very unlikely issues on race will be a thing of the past any time soon.
Hattie McDaniel, an African-American actress in the 1939 film "Gone with the Wind", played the controversial role of Mammy, the very busy, and ever conversant house slave. For her role she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, the first African-American actress to do so. In Hattie McDaniel's time, African-Americans experienced extreme racial stereotyping, racial prejudice, and segregation.
Forward
Grace
I, too, support Oxford
Greetings,
The Black and Minority Ethnic students at Oxford University have 'voiced' their experiences.
Oxford's 'students of colour' on being 'othered' at university - The Guardian, Wednesday March 12, 2014.
I have no quarrel with anyone at Oxford. However, I do take exception to the inappropriate questions, comments, and remarks, made to the BME students at the university.
The BME students are under no obligation to justify their presence at Oxford. It is obvious they fulfilled the requirements for entry through the university's normal admissions procedure.
I am in support of the BME students', "I, too, am Oxford " campaign. It is unfortunate the students found it necessary to take this informative approach to raise awareness of their concerns.
Preconceived notions of 'others', avoids seeing what is really there - a human being. It is the preparedness to accept new people, that makes cohesion, cooperation, and respect possible.
Forgive me for coining a passage of scripture, but the truth is, we have been around this 'race' mountain long enough. It is time to change direction, and maximize the positive opportunities, particularly those which come in human vessels, to enrich learning.
I wish all students at the University of Oxford every success.
Forward
Grace
The Black and Minority Ethnic students at Oxford University have 'voiced' their experiences.
Oxford's 'students of colour' on being 'othered' at university - The Guardian, Wednesday March 12, 2014.
I have no quarrel with anyone at Oxford. However, I do take exception to the inappropriate questions, comments, and remarks, made to the BME students at the university.
The BME students are under no obligation to justify their presence at Oxford. It is obvious they fulfilled the requirements for entry through the university's normal admissions procedure.
I am in support of the BME students', "I, too, am Oxford " campaign. It is unfortunate the students found it necessary to take this informative approach to raise awareness of their concerns.
Preconceived notions of 'others', avoids seeing what is really there - a human being. It is the preparedness to accept new people, that makes cohesion, cooperation, and respect possible.
Forgive me for coining a passage of scripture, but the truth is, we have been around this 'race' mountain long enough. It is time to change direction, and maximize the positive opportunities, particularly those which come in human vessels, to enrich learning.
I wish all students at the University of Oxford every success.
Forward
Grace
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