Campus Racism 101
Imani Coates
9/23/14
English 102
Professor Camper
Summary: Campus Racism 101 by Nikki Giovani
In Nikki Giovani’s Campus Racisms 101 she talks about her experience being an English Professor at a predominantly white school. She explains how many of the people around her at the school ask her why she chose to teach at a predominantly white school. Giovani gives guidelines for black students to follow while at these predominantly white schools. In the text it is explained that no matter how smart a black individual is, some whites will always try to find a way to dumb us down. Many analogies are made by Giovani that compare issues that black students deal with on a basis while attending a predominantly white school to real world experiences that we deal with outside of a school settings. One of the analogies is comparing being an African American student at a predominantly white school to being an African American in prison. Giovanni states that we sometimes find ourselves being compared to criminals because we want to get our education at a predominately white school. Giovani states that she believes instead of getting upset with the racism that comes your way respond to it with intelligence. She encourage us to respond to this racism by being successful and proving every person that doubted you wrong.
Work Cited
Giovanni, Nikki. “Campus Racism 101.”Dancing With the Tiger: A Coppin State University Sundance Reader. Eds. Mark Connely, Joseph Trimmer and Frederick Douglass. Mason: Cengage Learning, 2008. Print
9/23/14
English 102
Professor Camper
Summary: Campus Racism 101 by Nikki Giovani
In Nikki Giovani’s Campus Racisms 101 she talks about her experience being an English Professor at a predominantly white school. She explains how many of the people around her at the school ask her why she chose to teach at a predominantly white school. Giovani gives guidelines for black students to follow while at these predominantly white schools. In the text it is explained that no matter how smart a black individual is, some whites will always try to find a way to dumb us down. Many analogies are made by Giovani that compare issues that black students deal with on a basis while attending a predominantly white school to real world experiences that we deal with outside of a school settings. One of the analogies is comparing being an African American student at a predominantly white school to being an African American in prison. Giovanni states that we sometimes find ourselves being compared to criminals because we want to get our education at a predominately white school. Giovani states that she believes instead of getting upset with the racism that comes your way respond to it with intelligence. She encourage us to respond to this racism by being successful and proving every person that doubted you wrong.
Work Cited
Giovanni, Nikki. “Campus Racism 101.”Dancing With the Tiger: A Coppin State University Sundance Reader. Eds. Mark Connely, Joseph Trimmer and Frederick Douglass. Mason: Cengage Learning, 2008. Print
Cited: Giovanni, Nikki. “Campus Racism 101.”Dancing With the Tiger: A Coppin State University Sundance Reader. Eds. Mark Connely, Joseph Trimmer and Frederick Douglass. Mason: Cengage Learning, 2008. Print