New Mexico Daily Lobo :: ‘We just ask for the same respect’: Black Student Union President D’Andre Q. Curtis said the recent Title VI discrimination complaint filed against UNM reflects a reality at UNM: African Americans aren’t treated equally.
“I feel discrimination has been an issue for a while (for students),” he said. “I know I’ve had my fair share of ordeals.
When you speak out, you feel like your issues are thrown under the rug because professors aren’t as culturally sensitive to what you are going through. Being the minority in college is tough.”
Curtis said discrimination at UNM isn’t always intentional, but misunderstandings of minority culture create an environment that negatively affects student learning.
