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In reply to the discussion: Am I wrong to feel [View all]

Ruth Bonner

(192 posts)
11. No.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 09:05 PM
Nov 2016

I fear for the well-being and future prospects of my brown and black and Muslim and Jewish students. I do some career counseling and have had quite a few students open up to me about their concerns. They are supposed to be worried about their grades and figuring out what career they will love and finding an internship. All of this has been made 100% harder for some students post-election.

Prior to 9-11 we had had many young ladies who wore the hijab - Arab and Indonesian. Most disappeared at the end of that semester. They went back to colleges with more homogeneous populations where they felt safe.

I keep thinking of the protester immediately after the election holding a sign that said, "This is very bad"



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Nope bravenak Nov 2016 #1
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I'll leave people alone, but if anyone gives me crap I'm ready to give it right back. apcalc Nov 2016 #3
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I used to feel that way in Nam.... jaysunb Nov 2016 #9
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