Column: Desegregating Duke
(12/01/03 5:00am)
aSelf-segregation? It appears that segregation on campus is much more institutionalized than we think.
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aSelf-segregation? It appears that segregation on campus is much more institutionalized than we think.
I have to admit: I'm not an outspoken advocate for interracial dating.
Education, which comes from the Latin educo, "to lead out," is the light that guides our society across time. Human beings are only able to progress as a people because each generation chooses to teach the next about the triumphs and failures of those that have come before. Education allows people to build on past successes, right historic wrongs and explore entirely different worlds. It can cure the problems of racism, disease, poverty and war. By any measure, all individuals who have succeeded in life have in some way been taught by someone else. And only through a strong commitment to education can the youth of today become the knowledgeable leaders of tomorrow--leaders passionate for and inspired by all that life has to offer.
I just don't understand what some Christians are thinking.
In South Africa, there is a vibrant "colored" community that was positioned politically between blacks and whites by the apartheid government, in order to divide their non-white opposition. There is much debate in South Africa about what constitutes these colored people: their roots, the extent of mixed racial heritage in the community, their cultural history. But what is most interesting to me about this group of individuals is the extent to which their identity is influenced by the societally constructed extremes of black and white.