Ivory Towers

Why Universities are Fundamentally Racist

I asked the students how many of them have had more than one black professor. Two hands went in the air, with both students being African-American studies majors. The fact that there were hundreds of people in the room, yet only a couple of them have had more than one black professor (after taking several years of classes, half the room was filled with college graduates) made my point immediately and clearly.

I found this while lurking around and trying to find reactions to Obama’s brilliant and historic speech yesterday. It’s by Boyce Watkins at Blackprof.com.