historical racism
A professor discussing his appointment to a committee meant to promote equity for black students on campus in the late '60s: «I was 21 or 22 on a committee of 21, I was the only Black person in the room»
historical racism
@Satsuma wait, is "21 or 22" his age and "committee of 21" the number of people in the committee?
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@ljwrites order of appointment to the committee — so he was either the last guy or literally added after they realized they’d filled all the seats with white people
historical racism
@ljwrites its slightly clearer in the full context — this is the middle of a ~3 hour interview I’m processing
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@Satsuma love being a literal afterthought
re: historical racism
@ljwrites yeah he's a really interesting interview subject, because he's very unwilling to say anything that would come off as...challenging? But at the same time he very clearly spent his entire time in academia challenging racist systems & advocating for black students so there's just shadows like this line everywhere where you can infer a lot of the stuff he's not quite willing to actually openly accuse the university of
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@ljwrites yeah I'm really enjoying working with his interviews!
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@Satsuma a soft-spoken fighter, huh. He sounds complex and fascinating.