Black Culture Center Directors Battling Apathy on Campus - Higher Education

Black Culture Center Directors Battling Apathy on Campus - Higher Education: Less than two weeks before the nation was to decide whether to re-elect President Barack Obama, the Association of Black Culture Centers Annual Conference examined what it means to be “Black in the age of Obama.”

Whether the age of Obama and the idea of a post-racial America draws to a close after Nov. 6 or continues until 2016, Black culture center directors say one of their biggest challenges is harnessing the energy of Black students on their campuses.

“There’s a lot of apathy as it relates to being Black or African-American at our colleges and universities,” said Tracy Adams-Peters, director of Inclusive Excellence at the University of Denver’s Center of Multicultural Excellence.