A recent lawsuit from a former Bard College professor, along with a rise in resignations from faculty of color, illuminate what has long been an open secret in academia.
Great writing. I’m currently a Black gay woman undergrad who is in HEOP attending Bard and hearing my peers and professor’s first hand accounts of racism and discrimination has always been painful and upsetting. I hope Doe wins this lawsuit for all the Black students she was barred from communicating with because of her firing. I hope she wins so a passion to fight racism, misogyny, and homophobia is once again ignited in our student body.
this is a great piece. i’m incredibly pained to learn all this but unfortunately not at all surprised. i can only imagine the amount of professors (and students) who’s experiences aren’t reported. i think i way of changing that is making sure that they have people and spaces where than can be truly acknowledged and listened to. so thank you for writing this.
also, have you read “out of revolutionary minds toward a pedagogy of revolt” by cherríe moraga? i studied it recently for my english class and it’s pretty relevant to this.
I have heard similarly awful things about Bard from people at my university, but as the writer points out, the kind of racism experienced by Doe pervades not only Bard, but practically every higher ed institution (including my own), and the smaller, "progressive" liberal arts colleges. One can only hope that Doe's case, regardless of its outcome, reverberates throughout the higher education "industry" (and it is, unfortunately and increasingly, an industry) and strikes fear into institutions that don't do enough to combat racism. Maybe it can spur those institutions to something resembling action. Anyways, great piece, thanks for writing!
Great writing. I’m currently a Black gay woman undergrad who is in HEOP attending Bard and hearing my peers and professor’s first hand accounts of racism and discrimination has always been painful and upsetting. I hope Doe wins this lawsuit for all the Black students she was barred from communicating with because of her firing. I hope she wins so a passion to fight racism, misogyny, and homophobia is once again ignited in our student body.
ur a talented, beautiful woman
Amazing piece! It reminds me of this student’s experience at Oregon’s Willamette law school. My understanding though is she has run out of funds to continue to appeal - really a frustrating situation :( https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.opb.org/article/2022/03/01/willamette-university-college-of-law-student-honor-code-dismissal-disability-discrimination/%3FoutputType%3Damp
Fantastic piece with detail that hits home.
this is a great piece. i’m incredibly pained to learn all this but unfortunately not at all surprised. i can only imagine the amount of professors (and students) who’s experiences aren’t reported. i think i way of changing that is making sure that they have people and spaces where than can be truly acknowledged and listened to. so thank you for writing this.
also, have you read “out of revolutionary minds toward a pedagogy of revolt” by cherríe moraga? i studied it recently for my english class and it’s pretty relevant to this.
I really enjoyed reading this and found it very compelling. Deep sympathies to the professor, and I hope the university is forced to change
i went to bard (over 15 years ago) and somehow hadn’t heard about this yet, thanks so much for this piece!
I have heard similarly awful things about Bard from people at my university, but as the writer points out, the kind of racism experienced by Doe pervades not only Bard, but practically every higher ed institution (including my own), and the smaller, "progressive" liberal arts colleges. One can only hope that Doe's case, regardless of its outcome, reverberates throughout the higher education "industry" (and it is, unfortunately and increasingly, an industry) and strikes fear into institutions that don't do enough to combat racism. Maybe it can spur those institutions to something resembling action. Anyways, great piece, thanks for writing!