Academic Profiling | Addressing Bias

Addressing Bias: Rights, Responsibilities and Responses

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 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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