Posted on Oct 26, 2020
Universities Rethink Building Names In The Wake Of Racial Justice Protests
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In the early 1980s, Mary Ann Tellas was majoring in biology at Indiana University, and for the first time, she had a class taught by a Black professor.
As a young Black woman, Tellas says having a professor of her own race gave her the confidence to speak up in class and pursue a career in science. Now, she's a high school biology teacher in Indianapolis.
"I always felt as though, gosh, you know, there's nobody like me in my classes. Nobody looks like me," Tellas says. "I don't want to say it changed my life, but it did give me some perspective."
As a young Black woman, Tellas says having a professor of her own race gave her the confidence to speak up in class and pursue a career in science. Now, she's a high school biology teacher in Indianapolis.
"I always felt as though, gosh, you know, there's nobody like me in my classes. Nobody looks like me," Tellas says. "I don't want to say it changed my life, but it did give me some perspective."
Universities Rethink Building Names In The Wake Of Racial Justice Protests
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Race should essentially has no place in our lives, granted, it does exist; currently as an analogy of a concept that has no viable reason to exist. Therefore it is called race.
I can see why Mary felt more secure. It is not the race, it is the possibility that she is no longer alone in a world that should not exist; especially under the microscope of the American culture that this country guarantees in its constitution.
I can see why Mary felt more secure. It is not the race, it is the possibility that she is no longer alone in a world that should not exist; especially under the microscope of the American culture that this country guarantees in its constitution.
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