Revised 24 Jan 2011
OP-EDS ON RACISM, FALL TERM 2010
DR. KYRA GAUNT, PH.D. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CURATOR/MENTOR EDITOR
If 15 year-old Elizabeth Eckford could bringdignity, determination, and courage to facingan angry, white mob in 1957,why can’t you and I facestructural racismin 2011? Anything that separates the human raceis a form of racism. This is our testimony.
On Sept. 4, 1957, surrounded by a white mob, including Hazel Bryan jeering behindher, 15 year-oldElizabeth Eckford(right) of the Little Rock 9 was denied entrance toLittle Rock Central High School. Her skin color didn’t cause the violence (watch livevideo ). Photo from National Parks Service/Will Counts/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Dedicated to the stand of the Little Rock 9 students in1957, to James Baldwin (1924-1987) and his works, andto the 25th anniversary on January 17, 2011 of thenational U.S. holiday recognizing the birth, service andlegacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968).
Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to beuntil you are what you ought to be.This is the interrelated structure of reality.
– Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr.
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Could You Be the Bigger Nigger?
Don't judge a book by its title. Read even one of these essays by 34 students from the Baruch College-CUNY BLS1003 course on racism and be moved. Each op-ed, poem, rap or essay links a student's…
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