Tag: Racial Profiling

African-American

Campus Police Are Under Scrutiny for Racial Profiling. It Isn’t the First Time

As protests continue across the U.S. in memory of George Floyd, a Black man in Minnesota who died after an officer pinned his neck to the ground, the country is embarking on a national conversation about racism in policing, causing universities to reflect on their own campus policing practices.

June 12, 2020

African-American

Beware the Racist Who Claims to Be “Rational”

Among the most dangerous arguments for racial profiling are the most rational. They are persuasive because they are by definition based on logic and statistics. The premise is that a stereotype is true, or more probably true than false, or at least more true of the group subjected to it than of other populations.

January 21, 2020

News Roundup

Smith College to Enforce New Administrative Reforms Amid Racial Profiling Case

Smith College has announced it will formally adopt administrative reforms  after settling a lawsuit between the school and Oumou Kanoute, who was receiving representation by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In July 2018, a college employee called Smith campus police on Kanoute, a Black woman and rising sophomore at the time, for eating lunch […]

January 31, 2019

African-American

Longtime UMASS Employee Reports Racial Profiling in Campus Police Incident

A longtime employee of the University of Massachusetts Amherst said he was racially profiled when someone called the police as he was walking into a campus building on Friday morning, according to a report by the Daily Hampshire Gazette. The caller left a message on the university’s anonymous tip line about a “very agitated” Black […]

September 17, 2018

Students

Easing The Transition: 3 Pieces of Advice for Supporting First-Generation or Underrepresented Students on Your Campus

Thousands of students are entering college or graduate school for the first time and those who are the first in their family to do so may not know what to expect. While the next couple of years will undoubtedly be challenging for them, here are some ways you (as a peer, as an administrator, or as a professor) can help in cultivating a smooth, positive transition.

September 11, 2018

HBCUs

Conference Explores Role of Muslim Americans in Solving Social Problems

Scholars, community organizers and Islamic leaders convened here over the weekend for a national conference examining “Race, Class and Religious Intersectionality in America” with a focus on the involvement of Muslims in addressing America’s social issues.

September 10, 2018

African-American

Is the Black Man the Bogeyman in the Ivory Tower?

Even after establishing credibility and capability, some Black males in higher education are still likely to face being shelved into stereotypical categories. This creates an uncomfortable equation wherein capable talent must prove to their environments that they are not the bogeyman.

July 30, 2018

Asian American Pacific Islander

The Dilemma of Diversity

Opponents of racial diversity often style themselves as proponents of intellectual diversity. These positions are not mutually exclusive. No doubt there are advocates who wish to hear multiple viewpoints being expressed on campus without the speakers suffering adverse consequences, who are sincere in their beliefs. Racial diversity and intellectual diversity, however, are related.

June 12, 2018

Native Americans

Calling the Police on People of Color

Seemingly everywhere from department stores to college dorms, each week brings a new story of a White person who targets a non-White person for racial profiling and summons police because the complainant simply feels uncomfortable.

May 14, 2018

African-American

African-Americans and Asian Americans in Dialogue?

I write to my African-American friends to suggest three reasons for including Asian Americans in the civil rights movement for the benefit of the historic struggle for Black equality.

May 6, 2018

Opinion

Lessons From Starbucks’ Imperfect Response to Systemic Racism

During our recent time at the American Educational Research Association Conference in New York City, we learned about the now-infamous Starbucks incident and our first reaction was, “Here we go again…”

April 22, 2018

News Roundup

California University Suspends Fraternities, Sororities

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — A California state university has suspended fraternities and sororities after photos surfaced showing a fraternity member in blackface and others dressed up as gang members. Jeffrey D. Armstrong, president of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, announced the action Tuesday. The university had previously suspended one fraternity involved in […]

April 18, 2018