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Fighting Racism One Day at a Time
This is a project blog detailing racism at Frostburg State University and other college campuses. Feel free to share your experiences and stories!
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Carl Crowe, director of Student Conduct and Community standards at Frostburg State University, responded to my partner Kaitlyn in regards to her email about an interview. She was directed back to Robin Wynder, director at the Center of Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion whom we have already spoke to.
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Cumberland councilman and resident Eugene Frazier replied to an email inquiry sent about the topic. He does not believe he can help with this project in the Frostburg area.
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Center For Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Interview with Robin Wynder
Have you ever experienced an incident on campus and weren’t sure where to turn? At Frostburg State University the Center For Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion [CSDEI] are here for you!
I conducted an interview with the director Robin V. Wynder who is located at the Hitchins Building on the first floor in room 116. The office hours are from 8:30 am-4:30 pm. If you would like to call in to talk or report something, you can reach the office at (301)-687-4050.
My topic of discussion for Ms. Wynder today was racism and diversity on campus and how the Center For Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion played a role in it as well as mandated reporting. I met Ms. Wynder in her office and after explaining my topic, she gladly was open to helping out. My first question started out simple: What is the role of the Center of Student Diversity? The role is to inform the student population of their options and diversity at Frostburg State University. The students are given a sense of community that is a wide range of differences among economic class, social classes, race, sexuality, and religion. However, Wynder stated to me that: “The student population is extraordinarily diverse but we’re [Frostburg] lacking in the inclusion piece.”
When I asked about the nature of reporting on campus, She told me that the students don’t feel as if the handling of racial incidents are effective because they aren’t handled the way the student wants it to be. She gave me a somber look and said that while; “I can’t fix everything, students still need to be heard.” and that the nature of everyone’s grievance is unique, therefore no incident should be handled the same and students should feel included and heard when they come to the office because that’s what it’s there for. Racial inquiries on campus are handled depending on where the students go first but Ms. Wynder’s biggest issue is that they don’t visit the office first. The office has been around for 50 years since this fall, that was news to me since my first time visiting had been the day I conducted the interview and I’ve been a student for two years. When I followed up asking why that is, she told me that if a student doesn’t feel like they need the resource then they don’t come to the office at all. “I’m starting to see...see how much stuff children handle themselves. There are people here to help you process these things, you know?” She said.
In addition to not only the campus, but I also wanted to know about the surrounding area of Frostburg and if she believed that the surrounding area may contribute to the enrollment of Frostburg State University. The biggest issue is that because of the area students often experience a major culture shock. Not just them, but the surrounding people too who may not be used to seeing a lot of people who haven’t been exposed to so much diversity or, in the student’s case, a lack of. The surrounding area is slowly becoming more open to it but you still have the people that don’t want to change. The safety of students becomes a priority although most of the racial tensions are micro-aggressions. These aggressions can include the blatant waving of the Confederate flag on cars, apparel, and houses or a pick-up truck riding past and shouting racial slurs at students while they’re out. These incidents aren’t treated lightly just because of their nature and more often than not the witnesses of the incidents do the reporting. There are a variety of reasons for this but one major one could come down to the student themselves not knowing how or being in shock.
Some things that the office does to help with the inclusion aspect of campus include a Diversity Retreat where students have the opportunity to openly discuss any similarities and differences while simultaneously learning to be appreciative of both. The retreat also includes an abundance of workshops and other activities intended to promote student awareness and empowerment in diversity issues and coalition building. The National Coalition Building Institute also trains students and staff to facilitate the work that the Center of Student Diversity does and develop their own personal lives. These things include RA training, ECHOSTARS, and Staff Leadership Cohort. Robin Wynder believes that “One workshop won’t make you culturally competent, and if faculty is lacking then the student population can too.”
If you or someone you know needs to talk or has an incident to report at Frostburg State University you can go to https://frostburg.edu/reporting-an-incident/ and select the nature of your grievance.
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Report: Video featuring slavery jokes prompts College of Charleston students to plan walk out
Earlier in the month a video circulated of Charleston college students featuring slavery jokes have surfaced. Read more about it here: https://www.postandcourier.com/news/video-featuring-slavery-jokes-prompts-college-of-charleston-students-to/article_ecb21944-4118-11e9-80f3-9bf35365662f.html
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Poll: Do You Know How to Report Racism on Your Campus?
As we come to a close semester there is one question for current college students: do you know how to report racism and other incidents on your campus? Poll is live!: http://www.strawpoll.me/17675671
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Report: How colleges can better respond to racism on campus
An interesting article written in 2018 by Natalie Schwartz detailing how colleges could better respond to racism on campus!
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The Project Outline
Good evening, our goal here is to discuss racism on college campuses worldwide. Our goal is to discuss campus policies, incidents of discrimination, what can be done, and how can we help. Cooperation is appreciated in this journey! Thank you for helping our cause!
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