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Why Howard U: A White Guy Explains (Part Two of Two)
With a year of teaching under my belt, I started thinking about getting my Ph.D. in sociology. I was teaching a full-time load (five courses) at Baltimore City Community College. Married a couple of years earlier, I was a new … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, American University, Baltimore City Community College, Chocolate City, Cornel West, D.C., Delaware University, diversity, ethnic, historically black college, Howard University, Johns Hopkins, Ph.D. in sociology, Professor James Scott, race, sociology, teaching sociology, Washington, white, white guy
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Students Make Themselves Heard: The Central Park Exonerated Five: Part 4 (of 4)
Previously: As a White professor teaching sociology and diversity at a Historically Black College (Baltimore City Community College), I often dealt with sensitive and potentially divisive issues. Roughly 3 decades ago, one of my Intro Soc students raised a tough … Continue reading
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Tagged assumption of guilt, Ava DuVernay, Baltimore, Baltimore City Community College, bias, black youth, Central Park, Central Park Five, classroom climate, crime, criminal justice system, Donald Trump, exoneration, false confessions, gender, historically black college, Introduction to Sociology, John Macionis, legal system, media, Natalie Byrd, perceptions, race, racial bias, rush to judgement, social class, society, Society the Basics, sociological perspective, sociology, stereotypes, When They See us, wilding, wilin' out
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Students Make Themselves Heard: The Central Park Exonerated Five: Part 3 (of 4)
Previously: As a White professor teaching sociology and diversity at a Historically Black college (Baltimore City Community College), I regularly dealt with sensitive and potentially divisive issues. This particular day, one of my Intro Soc students raised a question on … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Baltimore City Community College, capital punishment, Central Park Five, community college, criminal justice system, critical race theory, divisive, Donald Trump, economically disadvantage, ethnicity, executions, Exonerated Five, historically black college, historically black community college, Introduction to Sociology, John Macionis, Latinos, minorities, New York Times, perceptions, race, racial stereotypes, sensitive subject matter, sociology, teaching ethnicity, teaching race, teaching sociology, Yusef Salaam
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Students Make Themselves Heard: The Central Park Five : Part 2 (of 4)
Previously: As a White professor teaching sociology and diversity at a Historically Black college (Baltimore City Community College), I often dealt with sensitive and potentially divisive issues. This particular day, one of my Intro Soc students raised a question on … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Ava DuVernay, Baltimore City Community College, black males, Black teenagers, Central Park Five, classroom climate, crime, diversity, economically disadvantaged, Exonerated Five, historically black college, Historically Black Community Colleges, Introduction to Sociology, John Macionis, Kenyon College, minority, New York City, Oprah Winfrey, Pearson, Prentice Hall, race, rape, self fulfilling prophecy, Society the Basics, sociology, sociology curriculum, warm classroom climate
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Why Howard?
Howard’s been in the news quite a bit lately, in large part due to Kamala Harris. After Joe Biden tapped the California Senator to join him as VP on the Democratic presidential ticket, Harris talked at length about her past … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Baltimore City Community College, Chris Rock, Democratic Presidential ticket, diversity, E. Franklin Frazier, Faustine Jones, From Exclusion to Inclusion, G. Franklin Edwards, Guyana, HBC, historically black college, Howard University, Institute for Intercultural Understanding, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, race, Ralph Gomes, sociology, The Hilltop, The Illtop, The Journal of Negro Education, Washington D.C.
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Graduation Groupthink
At the end of the school year, I sometimes reflect back on my graduation from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. In 1971, our graduation speaker was U. S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers. I do not remember one … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbie Hoffman, Christine Lagarde, Clarence Thomas, Colgate University, college graduation, commencement speakers, Community College Survey of Student Engagement, Condoleeza Rice, conservative, Dick Gregory, Eric Holder, higher education, Hirsi Ali, historically black college, ideal culture, International Monetary Fund, John Boehner, Morgan State University, political ideology, racism, real culture, Robert Birgineau, Skidmore College, University of California Berkeley, William P. Rogers, women's rights
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Choose to Stretch Your Cultural Comfort Zone
When we select a college, most of us look for a place where we will be comfortable. This might mean finding a student body that looks like us, talks like us, and acts like us. Perhaps, this is one of … Continue reading