Lines are Still Being Drawn

InquiryLog#3

Source1:nprEd

BehindTheCurtainofCollegeAdmissions,FairnessMayNotBePriorityNo.1

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/05/23/409039828/behindthecurtainofcollege
admissionsfairnessmaynotbepriority1

TheissuehereinthisarticleisthatmanypeoplearefeelingthatHarvardisntbeingfairwith
theiradmissions.Asmanypeopleknow,HarvardisoneofthetopschoolsinAmerica.
AfricanAmericanswhoattendHarvardtendtobethetopstudentsattheiruniversity.Ithas
beensaidthatHarvardisbeingharderonAsianAmericansandCaucasianswhenitcomesto
themapplyingtogetintotheirschool.ThewriterfeelsthatHarvardisonlytryingtoaccept
thebestofthebestandnotnecessarilyintentionallybeingracisttowardsotherracesoutside
ofAfricanAmericanstudents.MyinquiryfocusedonwhyAfricanAmericanstudentsfeel
theneedtohavegroupsoftheirownandorganizationsoncampusatPWIs.Thisarticleties
intomyinquirybecausenowtheshoehasbeenplacedontheotherfoot.AfricanAmerican
studentsseemtohavetheupperhandatHarvardwhereasatmanyotheruniversities,African
Americanstudentsfeelasiftheydontgetthesameopportunitiesasothers.Whyisracestill
suchabigissuewithinschoolsystems?Orarestudentsofthistimeandagedoingitto
themselvesbystillbeingdividedandnottotallycomingtogetherasone?

Source2:nprEd

StrugglingWithRacism,TensiononCollegeCampuses

http://www.npr.org/sections/newsandviews/2007/12/struggling_with_racism_tension.html

Thisarticleaddressestheracialtensiononcollegecampuses.Theincidentsthatoccurred
withinthisarticlearethingsthathappenonadailybasisallaroundtheworld,Imsure.The
authorofthearticledidntcompletelytakeasidebutbasicallywentalongthelinesofsaying
thatschoolsneedtomonitorthethingsthataregoingonbetweentheirstudents.Therewere
manycountswerewhitestudentswerebelittlingtheirpeerswhowereofdifferentraces.This
goesontoomuchthroughoutcollegecampuses.Onestudentwrotethatshewastoldthatshe
onlygotacceptedtherebecausetheyneedthestatistics.Thisreallyhitanerveforsome
reason.IsthiswhyIgotacceptedtothePWIthatIchosetoattend?AmIafillerforthepiece
ofdiversitythatisneededhereoncampus?Thisstatementstirredupanotherquestioninme.
Doesuniversitiesacceptpeoplesometimesstrictlybecauseoftheirrace?

Source3.

TheresaL.RobertsPhD&LindaAndersonSmithDSW(2002)TheIllusionofInclusion,
JournalofTeachinginSocialWork,22:34,189211,DOI:10.1300/J067v22n03_13

http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J067v22n03_13

TheproblemwithinthisarticleisbasicallythatAfricanAmericanwomenwerekindofgiven
theprivilegeofbeinginthesocialworkfield.Itisiftheyhadtoworktwiceashardtobe
acceptedintotheprogramasotherpeople.Blackwomenwerepaidlessthanwhitewomen
whowereinthefieldofsocialwork.Eventhoughtheymayhavehadthesameeducationand
beequallyasqualifiedforthejob,itdidntmatter.Workingthroughthisissueistheauthors
concerns.Socialworkhascomealongwayfromitspasthistory.Whatcanbedonetoensure
thateveryoneistreatedfairlywithintheirworkforce?Whatwillmakepeoplestopbeingbias
ontheirjob?Questionsthatneedtobelookedintodeeper.