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tlje entire class.”
Morgan says this is the same pro-
ssoi who told one of her friends
at no black would ever make bet-
rtlana C in his class.”
She says there have been other in
tents but she’d “just rather not get
to all of that.”
Joan, who attended an inner-city
2[h school, says she chose to study
A&M because her high school
incipal said it had a good program
environmental design.
Joan says it was difficult to adjust
a college that was predominantly
ike after attending a high school
atj|was half black and half His-
nic, but an incident that occurred
IHfirst semester made it even
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itecture, and I was the only black
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ree-view drawings to building little
adds, and I was there early in the
arning, on the weekends and late
night working on my projects.
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of... told me that 1 had earned an
, but he was going to give me a B.
id I asked him why. He didn’t
ally; come out and say that he
In’t want blacks making A’s in his
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int to give me an A because 1 was
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thought, ‘What did I do for this man
to do something like this?’ I didn’t
know where to go or who to talk to.
This was the first time I’d ever expe
rienced something like that. In high
school, when I did my very best, I
would get an A. ... In this case, I
had put my all and all into it, . . . and
1 knew I had earned an A, and that
hurt me. ... I’ll never forget that.”
But Joan says this incident didn’t
influence her decision to change ma
jors. Instead, she switched to an
other department because she didn’t
feel challenged by her classes, and
she also was interested more in math
and science.
In her new major, Joan says she
has had at least three run-ins with
racist professors.
In one of the first classes she took
in the department, Joan studied with
a Hispanic student who sat near her.
“If we had questions about the
homework, we would ask our prof
about it at the end of class. . . . We’d
ask him why something was wrong,
and he’d say, ‘I can’t answer that
right now.’ We’d ask, ‘Well, will you
be in your of fice later on?’ and he’d
say, ‘No, I’m busy.’
Joan says this happened to them a
number of times.
“I’m just sick of the . . . depart
ment and the things that they’re
doing,” she says. “You can go to the
head of the department or the men
tor, but they’re never going to speak
out against a prof. I know that be-
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and coping well.
“His response has been admirab
le,” Saatkamp said, “though he
knows he’s got quite an adjustment
to make in his life.”
Daniel intends to return to Col
lege Station, perhaps as soon as next
week, and complete his rehabilita
tion here, Saatkamp said.
He emphasized that Daniel fully
intends to teach again, as soon as he
is physically and emotionally ready
for that step, maybe this summer,
hut no later than next fall.
And Saatkamp said he is ultima
tely confident that Daniel will re
cover, because, he says, Daniel has a
zest for life that won’t be daunted.
cause I’ve seen it and heard it.
“They make it seem as if it’s your
fault, as if you’re not comprehend
ing enough to make the grade, and I
know that’s not the case. They just
give you the runaround.”
Both students say that white stu
dents in their department have been
reluctant in helping them to protest
the things that have happened to
them. Because of this, it has been
difficult for them to prove a profes
sor has not been grading their work
along with the rest of the class.
Morgan says, “I can’t blame them
for being reluctant because that de
partment is so small you’re bound to
run into every professor at least
twice before you leave, hut. . . .”
The students say some of the^e
professors have a history of discrimi
nation against black students and
that they were warned about them
beforehand. But they say there’s no
way to avoid having the classes the
professors teach.
Morgan and Joan say their de
partment head has been reluctant to
tangle with these professors and has
given them little support.
But, Morgan says, there are pro
fessors who are fair.
“Their classes are very difficult,”
she says, “but when it comes to grad
ing, they’re fair. I mean, anybody
will tell you that (this prof) is hard
and you’re really going to have to
study to pass, but if you get out of his
class, you’re really going to know it
(the material).”
In those classes, Morgan says,
black students won’t find professors
telling African students that if they
“spent less time practicing their tri
bal war dances and more time study
ing, they might pass” as one profes
sor told a student in one of her
classes.
Both students say that because of
the things they’ve gone through,
they wouldn’t recommend the Uni
versity to other blacks.
“I’d tell them to stay as far away
from A&M as they can,” Morgan
says. “There are other universities
that can give them the same educa
tion as they could get here, and they
wouldn’t have to go through all the
hassles. I think they’re very, very
old-fashioned and very close-
minded.”
Morgan says this holds true for
not only her department hut other
departments in her college.
Of the 14 students interviewed,
only these two students felt they
could say positively that someone
had discriminated against them.
Two others say they thought they
could have been discriminated
against, anti three others say they
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“the horror stories” from friends.
Still, seven students have been
fortunate enough to not have expe
rienced any prejudice.
Bobby Bisor, a senior sociology
major and president of the Memo
rial Student Center Council, says
he’s had friends who have had prob
lems but that he has been fortunate
enough to only have been brushed
by it.
“I walked in to add-drop, and I . .
. got my printout and was on my way
out when one of the ladies standing
at the table said, ‘Oh, is everything
OK?’ And I said, ‘Uh-huh.’ She said,
‘You did get all your classes, didn’t
you?’ and I said, ‘Yes.’ She said,
‘Well, I just wanted to know if you
hadn’t because you all are supposed
to get all your classes.’ I said, T beg
your pardon — you all?' And she
said, ‘Yes, you athletes.’
“I said, ‘No, I’m not an athlete.’
She said, ‘You don’t play football or
basketball?’ I said, ‘No, I’m tall, hut I
don’t play basketball.’ She said, ‘You
don’t play football?’ I said, ‘No, I
don’t play football, either. No, I’m
just a student.’ And she said, ‘Isn’t
that wonderful? Isn’t that interest
ing?’
“She probably really just had to
take a break after that,” Bisor says
with a laugh.
“At first I was really upset by it,”
he says, turning serious, “but then 1
thought, ‘Poor lady, she just doesn’t
understand.’
“. . . I mean how often does a tall,
black guy walk in and is not an ath
lete?”
Unlike Morgan and Joan, Bisor
has been able to dismiss what has
happened to him, and he and Jose-
lyn Anglin, a sophomore speech
communications major, give A&M a
good review. They and seven other
students say they would recommend
the University to other blacks.
Anglin says that by attending a
predominantly white university,
blacks learn to deal with white stu
dents and professors with a variety
of attitudes. She says that’s impor
tant to learn because blacks will have
to deal with these same attitudes
when they try to find jobs.
Bisor says he would tell prospec
tive students that although A&M is
slow to change and sometimes resis
tant to change, it is a good univer
sity.
“I’d caution them about the lack
of entertainment programming,” he
says,“. . . and I’d tell them they’re
going to run into people who don’t
like them becatise they’re black, but
not to let that bother them. I’d tell
them, ‘Never throw in the towel.’ ”
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