Addressing Bias: Rights, Responsibilities and Responses

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I am a black woman student. I went to a professor’s office hours and asked some questions about the course content. She suggested I go talk to another black female student she had last semester, saying that student will know how I think. I don’t even know this girl.


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I felt uncomfortable in class because of what was being discussed. Should I do something when that happens?


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I don't think a grade I got is justified. What recourse do I have?


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I had a prof outright tell me I was wrong to my face, and he then proceeded to belittle me and my opinion in front of everyone. I was not prepared for that, and I am not even sure I could adequately debate him even if I was prepared, but that didn’t seem like the right way to make a point to me. Am I being overly sensitive?


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One of my instructors was talking about stereotypes as part of a class and made a pretty offensive statement about people like me. Is that okay?


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We were in a class and the teacher let a bunch of students gang up on me and shred my idea. I don’t know if it is bias or academic freedom or just meanness, but it didn’t seem right. How should I handle things like that?


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