Image by Rachal MarquezEditor's Note: This article was originally published in a special section on race in the Graphic.This past year, Pepperdine students have publicly considered what the ideals of equality and diversity mean to this community. Racist Yik Yak comments and a Blackface image posted on social media have ignited important and difficult conversations for students, … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Continue the Discussion of Race
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Let’s Turn Race into a Conversation, Not a Debate
Image by Falon Opsahl Editor's Note: This article was originally published in a special section on race in the Graphic. Time and time again, I find myself being a part of, or witnessing, a conversation about race that involves people of color getting angry and the other side, the majority, becoming defensive. When that happens, the conversation ends and absolutely … [Read more...] about Let’s Turn Race into a Conversation, Not a Debate
Structural Issues Enable Campus Racism
Image by Falon OpsahlEditor's Note: This article was originally published in a special section on race in the Graphic.Why do we not classify people based on the shape of their bellybuttons? Innies, anyone? Why not be team innie or team outie? Instead, we characterize by skin color and hair type and assign our ideas about culture to physical characteristics.This may seem … [Read more...] about Structural Issues Enable Campus Racism
‘Officer, Why Did You Pull Me Over?’
Image by Falon Opsahl Editor's Note: This article was originally published in a special section on race in the Graphic. I started teaching at Pepperdine in 1993. The cop who pulled me over recently was still in high school in that year. Occasionally, I enjoy teaching night classes at Pepperdine, especially if they include film. But I dread the prospect of being … [Read more...] about ‘Officer, Why Did You Pull Me Over?’
A Historical Analysis of Racial Tensions Within the Pepperdine Community
Photo Courtesy of Pepperdine University Special Collections and by Berkley Mason Editor's Note: This article was originally published in a special section on race in the Graphic. “Where are you going now?” Chief Security Guard at George Pepperdine College William Charles Lane said to the group of Black high school students walking the old college campus on the night of … [Read more...] about A Historical Analysis of Racial Tensions Within the Pepperdine Community
