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Ashy Achilles
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Thu Nov-12-15 10:05 AM
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Graduates of PWI universities, did you ever feel oppressed?
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10% or so...not oppressed but diff treatment
rdhull
Nov 11th 2015
1
nope.
BrooklynWHAT
Nov 11th 2015
2
hell no... but VCU was 49% white
legsdiamond
Nov 11th 2015
3
Things done changed. It's going down at your alma mater RIGHT TODAY
PimpTrickGangstaClik
Nov 12th 2015
29
I saw this on my FB feed...
legsdiamond
Nov 13th 2015
33
i should add...
legsdiamond
Nov 13th 2015
35
Easier said than done (re: more black faculty)
PimpTrickGangstaClik
Nov 13th 2015
46
if you need a $1.. don't ask for $2, ask for $10
legsdiamond
Nov 13th 2015
54
What's the jump from high school teacher to college professor?
MEAT
Nov 16th 2015
74
I wouldn't say oppressed, but
tariqhu
Nov 11th 2015
4
No but i also went to a PWI who focused on minority retention
tomjohn29
Nov 11th 2015
5
I went to Temple, although that was a pretty Diverse campus
Adwhizz
Nov 12th 2015
6
My wife went to Temple grad, had a latina professor who implied Blacks w...
legsdiamond
Nov 12th 2015
10
Blacks w...? Don't leave us hanging here!
flipnile
Nov 12th 2015
19
were lazy
Atillah Moor
Nov 12th 2015
20
yea not sure this would apply to an urban campus
southphillyman
Nov 12th 2015
15
same. there were eye rolling moments here and there, but nothing oppress...
Government Name
Nov 14th 2015
64
Yes -- but I was affected moreso by homophobia and misogyny
Goldmind
Nov 12th 2015
7
hmm.. i found unc pretty queer friendly
akon
Nov 13th 2015
34
I should clarify. The school itself wasn't homophobic.
Goldmind
Nov 16th 2015
77
never
guru0509
Nov 12th 2015
8
Attending one now. I'm good.
The Wordsmith
Nov 12th 2015
9
FSU and GSU
bigkarma
Nov 12th 2015
11
No more so than Iife in general. That's what bothers me about these cur...
Buddy_Gilapagos
Nov 12th 2015
13
Not at all.
Teknontheou
Nov 12th 2015
14
Some students are way more sensitive these days.
Atillah Moor
Nov 12th 2015
16
Not oppressed, but definitely more aware of my blackness
Bluebear
Nov 12th 2015
17
^^^basically this for me
blkprinceMD05
Nov 13th 2015
49
U street has a Warby Parker now.
MEAT
Nov 16th 2015
76
Nah, but I grew up in the hood around mostly Black folks
flipnile
Nov 12th 2015
18
I went to SMU from 2003-2007, and yeah racist ish happened.
Starbaby Jones
Nov 12th 2015
21
Oppressed, no Segregated, Hell Yes
select_from_where
Nov 12th 2015
22
Hell yeah.
Ms_MynTight
Nov 12th 2015
23
nope.
SoWhat
Nov 12th 2015
24
Creating those special admin positions is always hilarious to me
PimpTrickGangstaClik
Nov 12th 2015
25
right?
SoWhat
Nov 12th 2015
27
Didn't know we were counting campus police too. In that case...
flipnile
Nov 12th 2015
26
i'm glad i went to St. John's...it was the best of all worlds
gumz
Nov 12th 2015
28
One thing I like about my American History class is that...
The Wordsmith
Nov 13th 2015
30
Attended two...Temple and Penn
afrogirl_lost
Nov 13th 2015
31
Went to both HBCU & a PWI
Mori
Nov 13th 2015
32
A&T is missing from your Top 5 man...
ChampD1012
Nov 13th 2015
37
every person i know who went to an HBCU and grduated had no problem
legsdiamond
Nov 13th 2015
40
same here and i have a story about it...
ChampD1012
Nov 13th 2015
51
RE: same here and i have a story about it...
Deacon Blues
Nov 14th 2015
63
No generalizations, numbers don't lie US News & World Report
Mori
Nov 15th 2015
67
RE: No generalizations, numbers don't lie US News & World Re...
Deacon Blues
Nov 15th 2015
69
This is a really offensive and incorrect statement
afrogirl_lost
Nov 13th 2015
47
^^^this
ChampD1012
Nov 13th 2015
50
Why are you offended?
Mori
Nov 15th 2015
68
RE: Why are you offended?
Deacon Blues
Nov 15th 2015
70
basically... dude acting like PWI's produce Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
legsdiamond
Nov 16th 2015
72
oppressed? no. treated unfairly? yes
teefiveten
Nov 13th 2015
36
it also helped to be in NYC
teefiveten
Nov 13th 2015
43
If you feel segregated then why not transfer to another school?
ChampD1012
Nov 13th 2015
38
b/c maybe the school offered benefits that outweighed the
SoWhat
Nov 13th 2015
39
^^^
teefiveten
Nov 13th 2015
42
money? parents? fear? ionno
legsdiamond
Nov 13th 2015
41
i mean ulitmately you're there for an education
ChampD1012
Nov 13th 2015
52
in state tuition is cheap
naame
Nov 13th 2015
58
Transferring isn't cheap or easy.
MEAT
Nov 16th 2015
73
I would think college campuses are the least oppressive places
Buddy_Gilapagos
Nov 13th 2015
44
SEC territory and Big 12 territory? DEFINITELY
legsdiamond
Nov 13th 2015
48
In the south? Yeah it is...
ChampD1012
Nov 13th 2015
53
I went to U of Tennessee my first year of college
legsdiamond
Nov 13th 2015
55
Yeah but the world is filled with racist assholes.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Nov 13th 2015
59
Well U of Tennessee is in Knoxville... not sure how oppressive that city...
legsdiamond
Nov 13th 2015
61
said by Masta Ace..
The3rdOne
Nov 13th 2015
45
Definitely, I was more jarred by racist/sexist administrators & profs th...
no_i_cant_dance
Nov 13th 2015
56
in post grad, yes
naame
Nov 13th 2015
57
penn state, had sit ins/week long camp at the student union bldg
Riot
Nov 13th 2015
60
I didn't graduate, but I went to Mizzou
obsidianchrysalis
Nov 14th 2015
62
i turned down a full-ride @ Mizzou in the mid-90s
SoWhat
Nov 15th 2015
65
Not Oppressed, but in Grad School many black folks felt overlooked.
Case_One
Nov 15th 2015
66
My school was 85% hispanic
MEAT
Nov 16th 2015
71
i aint even know what a PWI was until last year.
Kwesi
Nov 16th 2015
75
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