Monday, December 10, 2012

Black Men Face Cycle of Hostility, Vulnerability and Victimization - Higher Education

Black Men Face Cycle of Hostility, Vulnerability and Victimization - Higher Education: A few weeks ago on November 6, election night 2012, more than 40 Hampden Sydney College students rallied outside the campus Black Fraternity house and Student Union residence shouting racial epithets, hurling beer bottles and engaging in other forms of violent behavior. The majority of the victims of this incident were Black men. Students, faulty, staff, and university administration officials of the all-male institution, including the college president, who is Black, expressed genuine shock that such an ugly spectacle erupted on the all-male campus and have vowed to take proactive steps in an effort to prevent future acts of intolerance.