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10 Facts A Minority Must Face In An All-White Class

That automatic "Oh Crap" feeling you get when you realize you're the only minority in a class

Vanessa Lawrence-Fulton

May 10, 2016

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10 Facts A Minority Must Face In An All-White Class

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I’m sure every person of color has experienced being the only ONE minority in the room before and it is the most disappointing or awkward feeling. You even look to the professor for a glimmer of hope, but yet again your left to fend for yourself. Trying to find somewhere to sit or even someone to talk to can be the biggest struggle you will ever face. Attending a predominately white school can seem like it’s a whole new world. Let’s talk about 10 facts minorities have to face in school.

1. When you walk in the room and you realize that you’re the only minority

2. You look around the room for someone you might just know, but once again you have to face this alone

3. You wonder if maybe the professor might be a minority, but no it’s another white male professor

4. People told you that you sounded "white."

5. The teacher makes a reference to African-Americans or Latinos and everyone turns around to look at you

6. Having to be the spokesperson for the entire Black/Latino community because a teacher got curious

7. You never feel comfortable speaking out or participating in class because you can never relate

8. Is it just me or the teacher have a personal vendetta against me?

9. Group projects were a struggle because everyone already knew whom exactly they were going to group with

10. Trying not to be offended by everyone’s side comments, but you feel uncomfortable

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10 Facts A Minority Must Face In An All-White Class

That automatic "Oh Crap" feeling you get when you realize you're the only minority in a class

1. When you walk in the room and you realize that you’re the only minority

2. You look around the room for someone you might just know, but once again you have to face this alone

3. You wonder if maybe the professor might be a minority, but no it’s another white male professor

4. People told you that you sounded "white."

5. The teacher makes a reference to African-Americans or Latinos and everyone turns around to look at you

6. Having to be the spokesperson for the entire Black/Latino community because a teacher got curious

7. You never feel comfortable speaking out or participating in class because you can never relate

8. Is it just me or the teacher have a personal vendetta against me?

9. Group projects were a struggle because everyone already knew whom exactly they were going to group with

10. Trying not to be offended by everyone’s side comments, but you feel uncomfortable

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

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6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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