Racial discrimination persists in American culture facilitating
a hostile social environment. Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity from the
University of Oklahoma brought this issue to the public’s attention after their
members were uncovered chanting a racist song, which singled out
African-Americans. These incidents are not exclusive to just the University of Oklahoma;
they are occurring and have transpired in other well-known college campuses. Racism
is prevalent in both white and black fraternities and has developed into a massive
problem for the universities’ since they have come to light in the media.
We have this assumption that, with our younger generation, bigotry
isn't as widespread as it was during the civil rights movement and the Jim Crow
law; however, this type of blatant racism continues to occur in every
generation in spite of our best efforts to eradicate any form of discrimination
from our society. With the backlash aimed at SAE for their intolerance, we have
to ask ourselves just how severe are these types of prejudice in other college campuses
and what, if any, recourse can we take to eliminate these egregious behaviors? Unless
we bring attention to this issue, and acknowledge that it is still rampant in
America we will continue to live in a nation divided, and at war with itself.
By: Zorah Matlock
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ReplyDeleteLast semester I did an essay on a very similar subject. I focused on the racism that is still prevalent in universities amongst its law schools. This blog post makes me curious to know whether racism is active with the schools professors and school's academic environment.
ReplyDeleteRacism is still pervasive in the classrooms. I remember reading an article a while back where a teacher called a student a terrorist, and of course, nothing was done to the teacher other than being reprimanded. The sad thing was, the student wasn't even of middle eastern descent.
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