02-10-2014, 07:17 AM
Our 29-person football staff has only one African-American.
A worry?
A worry?
(02-10-2014, 07:42 AM)Hulk01 link Wrote:I would never question Shaw's color-blindness. The optics, however, are not up to me. What are the optics here?
(02-10-2014, 07:42 AM)Hulk01 link Wrote:I would never question Shaw's color-blindness. The optics, however, are not up to me. What are the optics here?
(02-10-2014, 02:07 PM)oman link Wrote:This reminds me of how weird it was as a Stanford undergrad to deal with race issues. Everyone was so well meaning and at the same time uptight that the discussions often were so fantastically warped.Â
Yes, we need a diverse staff so that we maximize the chances that any given individual feels comfortable with our staff.Â
I have probably shared this story here, but when I was a senior in high school, Stanford was the last to offer, so I headed out on a flight to visit the campus -- I didn't really know exactly where it was until the bus left me off way over by the mall. In any case, I walked to admissions office and they introduced me to the guy who would host me for a day or so. You guessed it. They paired me, a suburban Mexican American from Texas who was in the mood for a completely color blind undergraduate experience, with a CHICANO out of East Los. Now over the next few years I really loved getting to know my Chicano LA friends, but Chicano was a negative term in my neck of the woods, and although I enjoyed my stay, I was frankly pissed off and confused that Stanford just assumed I wanted to be with another Mexican American. (I of course realized that it may have just so happened that my host volunteered and it wasn't anything more than that.)
Fast forward to first day of school, moving into the dorm. There were four hispanic men in my freshman dorm. My two roommates and I were all hispanic. Some luck, eh?
I was happy with my roommates and my host as individuals. I was pretty pissed at Stanford and what I felt as an 18 year old was a pretty overbearing approach to the needs of its MINORITY students.
(02-10-2014, 07:17 AM)Hulk01 link Wrote:Our 29-person football staff has only one African-American.
A worry?
(02-10-2014, 10:06 AM)stupac2 link Wrote:[quote author=Hulk01 link=topic=9539.msg83624#msg83624 date=1392043346]I would never question Shaw's color-blindness. The optics, however, are not up to me. What are the optics here?
(02-11-2014, 07:16 AM)Publius link Wrote:....I'm reminded of a powerful scene from my all-time favorite television show, the West Wing.
(02-11-2014, 09:37 AM)oman link Wrote:I'm a Wire fan myself, and just want to say that the there weren't enough white guys on the Street. I mean, Steve Earle and the lawyer and that's it.