Krispy Krunchy Racism
UNT finds itself in the spotlight again for yet another infamous reason. Though we may try to clean up our appearance as a university, nothing shows the world our whole ass more than a racist scandal.
Communications major Chelsea Shaw received an anti-black racial slur on the top of her receipt where her name was supposed to go. The student took to twitter to immediately share her criticisms of the university union and Krispy Krunchy Chicken, the restaurant where she was dining, with the whole internet. Almost immediately, the tweet caught ablaze and is still being talked about right now. With thousands of retweets and close to ten thousand favorites, the tweet has left it's mark on campus and will go down as a story for at least the next four years.
It took a lot, but now we're really seeing that a university that prides itself on equity and inclusion is all smoke and mirrors. UNT, as a university, has done its best to portray itself as a majority-minority school that fosters students so woke they never fell asleep. But, the reality is quite the opposite. I, as a student worker for the university, have witnessed UNT fall complacent to blatant racism and microassaults first-hand. Last semester, there was a professor in the Mayborn School of Journalism that was notorious for neglecting black students in her classroom. The professor would intentionally ignore questions or comments from black students and would purposefully neglect to call on them for answers. When confronted by students, she was "shocked" at this perception of her. Which basically means she was "shocked" when her veiled forms of educational racism were, well, not so hidden. Despite students reporting this behavior to other MSOJ professors during the academic semester, no action was taken against the professor until after final grades were due.
Last year, I reported acts of verbal harassment to the Dean of Students when a student in a Greek fraternity hurled the n-word at residents of UNT housing. I was told that since I didn't have the name of the student and only knew him by the his fraternity, that nothing could be done against him.
Bottom line is this: UNT can boost itself for being a minority serving institution, but until we actually walk the walk, we'll just look like deafening hypocrites.
Communications major Chelsea Shaw received an anti-black racial slur on the top of her receipt where her name was supposed to go. The student took to twitter to immediately share her criticisms of the university union and Krispy Krunchy Chicken, the restaurant where she was dining, with the whole internet. Almost immediately, the tweet caught ablaze and is still being talked about right now. With thousands of retweets and close to ten thousand favorites, the tweet has left it's mark on campus and will go down as a story for at least the next four years.
It took a lot, but now we're really seeing that a university that prides itself on equity and inclusion is all smoke and mirrors. UNT, as a university, has done its best to portray itself as a majority-minority school that fosters students so woke they never fell asleep. But, the reality is quite the opposite. I, as a student worker for the university, have witnessed UNT fall complacent to blatant racism and microassaults first-hand. Last semester, there was a professor in the Mayborn School of Journalism that was notorious for neglecting black students in her classroom. The professor would intentionally ignore questions or comments from black students and would purposefully neglect to call on them for answers. When confronted by students, she was "shocked" at this perception of her. Which basically means she was "shocked" when her veiled forms of educational racism were, well, not so hidden. Despite students reporting this behavior to other MSOJ professors during the academic semester, no action was taken against the professor until after final grades were due.
Last year, I reported acts of verbal harassment to the Dean of Students when a student in a Greek fraternity hurled the n-word at residents of UNT housing. I was told that since I didn't have the name of the student and only knew him by the his fraternity, that nothing could be done against him.
Bottom line is this: UNT can boost itself for being a minority serving institution, but until we actually walk the walk, we'll just look like deafening hypocrites.
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