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  Anthology on Racism, the Black Experience, and Privilege

  Marshall University Society of Black Scholars and Marshall University Office of Intercultural Affairs

  RACISM IN YOUR LIFE

  The depth, impact, and experience of “racism” in our personal lives is a story that we do not often tell. These are predominantly private matters, only occasionally shared and with only certain people in our lives. Unfortunately, many people in our world are unaware of its full existence and do not know the truth about the experiences of racism in our daily lives. Without knowledge of these truths, society, including university leadership, cannot make adequate advancements to address these demoralizing experiences of people of color. In this anthology, writings on this subject will bring clarity, truth, and definition to the racism in the life of seven students.

  THE BLACK EXPERIENCE PROJECT

  In an effort to significantly elevate awareness and a depth of understanding about the world and uniqueness of Black life in America, telling one’s personal story about what it is like being Black in America will contribute to greater enlightenment and awareness by others. Perhaps, analogues on the experience of Black life may lead to further dialogue and more meaningful long term institutional changes. Our Black experiences are deeply rooted, sometimes complex to describe, individualized, and threaded in the many fabrics of our physical, spiritual, emotional, cognitive, and historical existence. What is it like be a Black person, your uniqueness, ‘walking in your shoes’, in your skin, and in your mind? These thirteen writings entail deep contemplation and personal introspective examinations necessary to describe what one’s world and life is like as a Black woman or man.

  WHITE PRIVILEGE…BLACK PRIVILEGE

  According to the Aspen Institute, White privilege, or “historically accumulated white privilege,” refers to whites’ historical and contemporary advantages in access to quality education, decent jobs, livable wages, homeownership, retirement benefits, wealth and so on. White privilege is an invisible package of unearned assets which I can count on cashing in every day, but about which I was meant to remain oblivious.” (Source: Peggy Macintosh, “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.” excerpted from Working Paper #189 White Privilege and Male Privilege a Personal Account of Coming to See, Correspondences through Work in Women’s Studies. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College Center for the Study of Women, 1989). This set of anthologies consists of eleven writings that inspect the existence of white and Black privilege in the student writers’ lives and reveal their perspectives and struggles upon this construct.

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  Marshall University Profiles in Prominence Volume 3, 2004

  Marshall University

  INTRODUCTION

  A few years ago, the Angel family traveled across the country to Keystone, South Dakota. As we emerged from a mountain bridge, the faces of four former United States presidents appeared as if viewed through a telescope. Breathtaking! Majestic! Magnificent! The profiles were much more powerful in reality than in the glimpses provided in the famous Alfred Hitchcock film, North by Northwest.

  We were struck by the imagination, the daring, and the tenacity of the artists who had conceived and brought the national monument to life. Here, etched in solid rock and on a gargantuan scale, were four significant Profiles in Prominence.

  Having been at Marshall for the past five years, we continually have been impressed with the achievement and success of Marshall University alumni, who we’ve encountered all across America.

  Discussing it one evening, we concluded that many of our 90,000 alums have indeed achieved prominence in their own right and that we should do something to chronicle their success. The result is this volume, the third in our series.

  The ten individuals whom you will meet in these pages are truly Marshall University Profiles in Prominence. We hope to continue to produce annual volumes celebrating these marvelous stories of achievement. It is also our hope that these beacons of success will serve as inspiration for thousands of future Marshall students.

  Dan and Patricia Angel

  July 4, 2004

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  Marshall University Profiles in Prominence Volume 2, 2003

  Marshall University

  INTRODUCTION

  A few years ago, the Angel family traveled across the country to Keystone, South Dakota. As we emerged from a mountain bridge, the faces of four former United States presidents appeared as if viewed through a telescope. Breathtaking! Majestic! Magnificent! The profiles were much more powerful in reality than in the glimpses provided in the famous Alfred Hitchcock film, North by Northwest.

  We were struck by the imagination, the daring, and the tenacity of the artists who had conceived and brought the national monument to life. Here, etched in solid rock and on a gargantuan scale, were four significant Profiles in Prominence.

  Having been at Marshall for the past four years, we continually have been impressed with the achievement and success of Marshall University alumni, who we’ve encountered all across America.

  Discussing it one evening, we concluded that many of our 90,000 alums have indeed achieved prominence in their own right and that we should do something to chronicle their success. The result is this volume, the second in our series.

  The ten individuals whom you will meet in these pages are truly Marshall University Profiles in Prominence. We hope to continue to produce annual volumes celebrating these marvelous stories of achievement. It is also our hope that these beacons of success will serve as inspiration for thousands of future Marshall students.

  Dan and Patricia Angel

  July 4, 2003

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  Marshall University Profiles in Prominence Volume 1, 2002

  Marshall University

  INTRODUCTION

  A few years ago, the Angel family traveled across the country to Keystone, South Dakota. As we emerged from a mountain bridge, the faces of four former United States presidents appeared as if viewed through a telescope. Breathtaking! Majestic! Magnificent! The profiles were much more powerful in reality than in the glimpses provided in the famous Alfred Hitchcock film, North by Northwest.

  We were struck by the imagination, the daring, and the tenacity of the artists who had conceived and brought the national monument to life. Here, etched in solid rock and on a gargantuan scale, were four significant Profiles in Prominence.

  Having been at Marshall for the past three years, we continually have been impressed with the achievement and success of Marshall University alumni, who we’ve encountered all across America.

  Discussing it one evening, we concluded that many of our 80,000 alums have indeed achieved prominence in their own right and that we should do something to chronicle their success. The result is this volume.

  The ten individuals whom you will meet in these pages are truly Marshall University Profiles in Prominence. We hope to bring you an annual volume celebrating these marvelous stories of achievement. It is also our hope that these beacons of success will serve as inspiration for thousands of future Marshall students.

  Dan and Patricia Angel

  July 4, 2002