Tearing Down the Gates: Higher Education and Social Class


	Tearing Down the Gates: Higher Education and Social Class

dmegivern

1-15-2008 11:59 AM

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1-16-2008 2:34 PM

masbury

Bravo, good clip. Problem is, many white people still don't believe that people of color have it any harder than whites do.

1-16-2008 3:13 PM

dmegivern

You are so right about white people not being able to acknowledge these dynamics. I am white, but I grew up in the ghetto. I have witnessed countless examples of the discrimination and institutional barriers people face.

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