"Look
at your syllabus! Who are the students reading? Do all
of the authors look the same? Are they all from the same
country? Are they all PhD'ed academics? Are you
incorporating for inclusive curriculum to help students
feel more represented in what they are learning about?
Professors and faculty have to be more aware of the
individuality and humanity of all students. Often times
it is easy to group us together, whether it be based on
our position as students within a hierarchical structure
or based on previous internalized stereotypes that
society projects onto individuals. Professors should
take more time to get to know their students, especially
the students with identities which the professors have
not had much experience with in the classroom, because
at Skidmore there is definitely a majority presence of
the dominant narrative. I have too often heard from
peers that a professor has singled them out for being
the only black, brown, gay, liberal, conservative, etc.,
in the room and asked said individual to speak for the
entire group that may make up one of their
identities." | | | |
