[teejers1]

And as others noted, the University president said Stanford has a problem with racism. If you survey the students of color who went there, you will hear the same thing. Some may not want to believe and demand evidence, but that's your problem - no one needs to prove anything to you. Part of the frustration experienced by people of color is this constant demand to "prove it", as if a white person didn't see it with their own eyes, it didn't happen.  One of the key benefits of privilege is to be believed without "evidence" while you demand it of others.  Then you will say, but I had [insert URM] friends in school and they didn't complain. Why do you assume they would have told you? 

We can't take a cell phone video of everything.

The EEOC has said the rates of discrimination and harassment have not improved in 25 years...so maybe Stanford has kept pace with society.

Thank you, Jim Mora ("You think you know, but you don't know. . .").

Look, I'll concede white privilege in society at large (and I happen to think that is one of the biggest pieces of systemic racism).  But what I question is whether the privilege (for lack of a better term) is that pronounced for Stanford students versus their AA schoolmates.  And more to the point here, I cannot conceive that it's "as bad" at Stanford as it is in society at large.

But no one has cell phones, so I'll guess we'll all just have to take your word as "the truth."

[teejers1]

And as others noted, the University president said Stanford has a problem with racism. If you survey the students of color who went there, you will hear the same thing. Some may not want to believe and demand evidence, but that's your problem - no one needs to prove anything to you. Part of the frustration experienced by people of color is this constant demand to "prove it", as if a white person didn't see it with their own eyes, it didn't happen.  One of the key benefits of privilege is to be believed without "evidence" while you demand it of others.  Then you will say, but I had [insert URM] friends in school and they didn't complain. Why do you assume they would have told you? 

We can't take a cell phone video of everything.

The EEOC has said the rates of discrimination and harassment have not improved in 25 years...so maybe Stanford has kept pace with society.

Thank you, Jim Mora ("You think you know, but you don't know. . .").

Look, I'll concede white privilege in society at large (and I happen to think that is one of the biggest pieces of systemic racism).  But what I question is whether the privilege (for lack of a better term) is that pronounced for Stanford students versus their AA schoolmates.  And more to the point here, I cannot conceive that it's "as bad" at Stanford as it is in society at large.

But no one has cell phones, so I'll guess we'll all just have to take your word as "the truth."