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Fundraising for the Center for Black Culture has been an odd experience as a white person – on the one hand, shouldn’t the lead fundraisers on this be black? Who have the lived experience? On the other hand, does one have to be black in order to fundraise for the Black Center?

Who will name the center – will it be black philanthropists? Does it have to be? Who is on that prospect list? When we raised money for other cultural centers, we targeted donors within those cultures. Do we even have enough diversity on our trustees to even be able to ask a trustee for this level of naming support? Philanthropists donate to things that elevate their status in the world they live in. The idea of a Center Black Culture being funded and named by a white philanthropist does not sit well.

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Concerns about pool of interested donors

Representation of other minorities

Increase in prominence may prompt potential backlash from racist donors

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How to find the donors who would support the center without alienating anyone or making the wrong assumptions? Looking at action over data

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What is the importance to the Drexel community of the race of donor making the naming gift?

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What is the importance to the Drexel community of the race of donor making the naming gift?

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Positioning the Center for Black Culture as a Drexel priority.

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Should race have any impact on establishing a new center for black culture?

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Should race have any impact on establishing a new center for black culture?

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Absolutely. That should be a given. We need support and the voice of the black students and employees of the center in the creation of it. It's important to focus on the impact and proper intent to actually give back to the black community.

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Embarrassing. We have a lot of work to do as an institution. Big difference between Asian employees and Asian students, as one example. The TOTAL number of minority students is HALF of the total white faculty – how can we create a place of inclusion when our students can’t even walk around campus and see that the people teaching look like them. If you overlaid this with gender and level of position, you would see even greater discrepancies – black people in service positions rather than higher up, etc.

When people who are talking about barriers to diversifying faculty by saying “there’s no pipeline,” as in there are not enough qualified candidates – what does that mean? Why is this a barrier? Maybe we need to change the way we define qualification.

Drexel has been going through a close examination of our institutionalized racism and addressing identified issues of access and culture – it’s not just about getting more POC students or faculty on campus, it’s also about keeping them – too many of them don’t finish or leave, and we need to address the cultural issues on campus that are creating a hostile environment for POC.

Not exactly realistic for a university to entirely reflect the local community – but very important that we are welcoming and inclusive and practicing in a way that brings people in. The gap here is also not just racial, but socio-economic. Drexel is expensive.

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Listening to alumni experiences to learn about past practices & racial inequity

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Listening to alumni experiences to learn about past practices & racial inequity

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Implicit bias in hiring (names, appearance, education)

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Implicit bias in hiring (names, appearance, education)

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Reaction to data: Not surprised at all. Seems to be a discrepancy in this data especially when you look at it from the individual college perspectives. 

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Reaction to data: Not surprised at all. Seems to be a discrepancy in this data especially when you look at it from the individual college perspectives. 

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Differences between minority participation in graduate and undergraduate1st generation opportunities/challenges Patten - graduate student to faculty ‘pipeline’

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Differences between minority participation in graduate and undergraduate1st generation opportunities/challenges Patten - graduate student to faculty ‘pipeline’

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The employee and student data aren’t widely different from each other, BUT we have twice as many African American staff as we do faculty. Drexel may stack up well against national demographics, but these demographics in no way reflect the city or neighborhoods.

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We have strong feeling about IPEDS classifications.

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Racial beliefs in operation at university

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Racial beliefs in operation at university

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Drexel's homebuying program in the West Philadelphia community - it is gentrification

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Racism is fundamental to our culture, and it is a self-perpetuating cycle because students do not see PoC in roles of power and authority.  Until active steps are taken, this cycle will continue.

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Faculty: how can you expect faculty to create and execute racially conscious and equitable classes if the faculty is 73% white.
Staff: It would be interesting to see statistics about the salary of the staff positions as broken up by race. The percent of highly paid white employees is likely also higher than the percent of highly paid employees of color.

Isolating race: The price tag of Drexel is a large factor in this we beleive. Racism has limited the generational wealth of people of color, while supporting the generational wealth of white people. Wealth is a large factor to college education accesibility. Particularly at a private university.

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->73% of faculty is white; half of staff but likely higher paid positions.

->We have more Asian faculty than Black, even though Philly is 44.1% Black,

->People hire people who look like them

->Hiring committees must be diverse and value diversity

->With faculty, availability of candidates *may* be a limiting factor.

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we were not surprised at all

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For undergraduate students, graduate students, medical students, and faculty trying to get tenure. All affected by race

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Summary statistics can hide things. Don't just look at the rollups, look at the individual numbers.

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We were a little surprised that the student body was this percentage of diverse, but it also isn't that high. Never enough faculty of color at our institution but, again, we are not  surprised. Academia is a very expensive degree and that speaks to accessibility and the population that is able to get that degree. As it relates to prejudice/discrimination, we are not surprised because higher ed was predominantly a white privilege (unless HBCU) and the student body could be a lot of legacy students. Additionally, if your parents went to college then they have the advantage of helping out their kids navigating the college application process, applications and FAFSA forms.

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We were not surprised by the data.

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Not surprising, and not reflective of the city at all

the pattern is rooted in accessibility at the K-12 level, funding is not available and students are not encouraged

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White privilege and lack of fear as related to race.

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White privilege and lack of fear as related to race.

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We recognized that being white has a fundamental impact on our lives every day and illustrated it by mentioning LEO interactions.  None of us are afraid of being shot during a traffic stop.

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Intellectually Struggle with finding the words to describe something or phrase something ‘the right way’

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Intellectually Struggle with finding the words to describe something or phrase something ‘the right way’

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What do we do if a donor makes a comment that makes you uncomfortable but you don’t feel empowered to say something?

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Relationally	Impact of race - not being able to be ones ‘true self’Neighborhoods; gentrification; getting to know your neighbors & understanding existing communities

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Relationally	Impact of race - not being able to be ones ‘true self’Neighborhoods; gentrification; getting to know your neighbors & understanding existing communities

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Emotionally-feeling sad or embarrassed to see friends having to deal with microagressions or racism directed at them

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Emotionally-feeling sad or embarrassed to see friends having to deal with microagressions or racism directed at them

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Like a splash of cold water in the face to realize that a lack of negative impact is in fact an impact in and of itself – and that being white, the fact that I can think my life is not impacted by race is a privilege.

Moral/Intellectual – This is a more comfortable place – have to be better about feeling uncomfortable and getting into the emotional and relational area.

Moral/Emotional – Instantly getting so emotional about it – thinking how can people even do this? How is this possible – I have to back away from that emotion and think more about the history and the larger structure.

Moving between the Emotional and Relational quadrants from interacting with people on an emotional level that doesn’t get anywhere versus really doing things that make a difference.

How much of our history and education has been white-washed, putting into context the actions of the last few years. Not knowing yet what we can do about that – what I as a white person can do, how does it inform my work, my family, my life.

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Want to find the balance, thinking of looking to the other side of the compass and the benefits and consequences the side that you're currently coming from.

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Some of us missed the word 'impact' and didn't realize the meaning of the question.

Race is always on the minds of those experiencing any form of racism internally. Fear is constant, especially when we have kids. Separation from internalization leads to discrepancy in this answer. Parenting and protection can only get us so far in an unsafe world. Facing this problem as one community can be a solution. Learn from everyone's experience.

Don't be afraid to ask questions.

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The lowest percentage (90-100%) helped us see that maybe the rest of the participants also viewed the question as how race negatively affects our lives and we should think about it in all contexts, not just personally.

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The discrepancy is because most of IA is white

It's easy to forget about the impact of racism when you're white and that impact is privilege.

For those who aren't white, it's much more in your face.

For those of us strongly in one part of the compass, we feel it would be helpful to move more into the other sections

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Double edged sword of racism. It’s just the negative consequences of racism, it’s the advantages that may come from being white.

It can be terrifying when you worry about saying the wrong thing.

Be respectful of other’s thoughts and open to feedback.

What do we do if a donor makes a comment that makes you uncomfortable but you don’t feel empowered to say something?

When can we move past what makes us different?

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We want to get to a place where we don't have to think about race, but we understand that until everyone can acknowledge that racism exists, we will always have to think about it

there is a level of performing for society so that you won't have to be immediately vulnerable; wait to find out more about a person so that you can be comfortable revealing our true selves

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Majority white team, wondering if we all interpreted the question as race consciousness, which a lot of us would rate as lower. So eye-opening to be reminded that race impacts us in all ways all the time

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We first talked about how the question was framed and all assumed it was how has race negatively affected your life. and the answer mostly depends on where you are at mentally in answering the question especially because race is everywhere around us, within family or on the news.

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Our percentages:
2 of us answered 71-80
2 of us answered 31-40
1 of us answered 21-30

Emotionally: empathy for the pain of others, anger at current situations,

Relationally: bi-racial grandchildren, white passing and erasure of culture

Intellectually : thinking about the history and mechanisms of racism, how it affects work

Morally: people are not binarily good or bad, and you arent immune from racist action or participating in a racist system just because youre a "good" person

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Many realizations that not having to think about race is impact.
Realizing that falling in intellectual and moral side is more comfortable.

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Latinx video: idea of ‘talking like’ a hispanic person ‘should talk’ ; idea of ‘talking white’; being taught to acclimate to American culture/society (aka white culture and society); speaking native/heritage languages in different contexts

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Latinx video: idea of ‘talking like’ a hispanic person ‘should talk’ ; idea of ‘talking white’; being taught to acclimate to American culture/society (aka white culture and society); speaking native/heritage languages in different contexts

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Personal Experiences regarding talking about race: . - Lots of language in the video about being uncomfortable, which as white person we can identify with. Grew up not talking about race, it was a taboo topic. We didn't talk about race as children because as white people our race was not an issue personally for us. Avoiding our identity with being white is often the base for microaggressions and the root of internalized racism which is why we must not be colorblind to our own whiteness.

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Personal Experiences regarding talking about race: . - Lots of language in the video about being uncomfortable, which as white person we can identify with. Grew up not talking about race, it was a taboo topic. We didn't talk about race as children because as white people our race was not an issue personally for us. Avoiding our identity with being white is often the base for microaggressions and the root of internalized racism which is why we must not be colorblind to our own whiteness.

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White video: idea of race as an ‘inappropriate’ topic; feelings of guilt and shame around connections to racist; generational differences 

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White video: idea of race as an ‘inappropriate’ topic; feelings of guilt and shame around connections to racist; generational differences 

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Interpersonal - the idea of being able to ‘identify’ someone’s race and/or ethnicity by appearance; native american: having to ‘prove’ identity by biological means rather than familial/social ties

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Interpersonal - the idea of being able to ‘identify’ someone’s race and/or ethnicity by appearance; native american: having to ‘prove’ identity by biological means rather than familial/social ties

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White people don't necessarily identify as a group with commonalities...related to the idea that many white people do not identifying as having a "race"

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White people don't necessarily identify as a group with commonalities...related to the idea that many white people do not identifying as having a "race"

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White Video: The story of a white person asking as a child why a man was called “black” when his skin was brown and how her parents got very embarrassed and apologized and shooed her away from the conversation.

White Video: The woman saying that she didn’t think she was a racist until she realized that a lot of what she was doing was racist.

Native American Video: The “model minority” myth – someone who is ambiguous, in-between – the recipient of all sorts of racism that happens on a personal level, but also the beneficiary of a lot of white supremacists structures. Figuring out how not to be complacent even as a person who is not white but who is benefiting from whiteness.

White Video: Growing up in a place where almost everyone looked like me, the only “others” were poor ethnic minorities. This sense of being fortunate that we’re not “them,” they were the kids who were getting in trouble in school – treat people with respect, but be grateful. Didn’t realize that they were privileged.

Microaggressions Video: Growing up with 50% white / 50% black – race never really came up. Some of those “mircro-aggressions” in that video seemed very overt! Not micro at all – who says that stuff?

White Video: We have this insidious notion of exceptionalism and generalization. White people have frequently justified the accomplishments of a few POC as “see, we had a black president, all the other black people complaining about disparity just aren’t trying hard enough” – it’s a way of both dismissing the accomplishment and the disparities that exist, without acknowledging our own failures.

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For white people they dont want to offend anyone, they grew up in a place where talking about racism wasnt comfortable or talked about, but they acknowledge its not okay to be quiet anymore on discrimination.
For latinos they felt like they were too white for their brown friends and too brown for their white friends. There is also this glory on hispanics growing up where if you had colored eyes and lighter skin were you described to be more beautiful than a hispanic who has brown eyes and brown skin.
One member gave a example while during dinner at a resturant a woman complimented his wifes speaking. he saw no problem he thought it was a compliment but his wife who is black explained to him that it is an insult because that woman assumed she doesnt know how to speak proper english.

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White people must accept that we can never truly understand racism from an internalized perspective, but it does not mean we shouldn't try.

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White people must accept that we can never truly understand racism from an internalized perspective, but it does not mean we shouldn't try.

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"Back-handed compliments." Bias questioning in the wrong setting to the wrong person presented in the wrong way. 

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"Back-handed compliments." Bias questioning in the wrong setting to the wrong person presented in the wrong way. 

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In microaggressive “compliments,” there’s an implied “right” way to act or be. Identified with the people who are uncomfortable talking about race; for some, maybe bc we’re in a business where we try not to offend anyone and stay neutral. We are often talking to white people about making gifts--our conversations don’t always reflect the diversity that would challenge and change our practices. (This reflects traditional trends in philanthropy.) 

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In microaggressive “compliments,” there’s an implied “right” way to act or be. Identified with the people who are uncomfortable talking about race; for some, maybe bc we’re in a business where we try not to offend anyone and stay neutral. We are often talking to white people about making gifts--our conversations don’t always reflect the diversity that would challenge and change our practices. (This reflects traditional trends in philanthropy.) 

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people live in their own bubbles, they don't try to understand

don't understand unless they have faced a microagression themselves. they need to be willing to be uncomfortable

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·        Certain fields/courses of study are only "appropriate" for certain identities

·        Growing up/being educated only around white people vs. growing up in a diverse environment

·        Growing up during a certain time period

·        Education level of family

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Comments based on perceived identity (race/ethnicity, etc), that presuppose something about somebody's identity based on the way they look.

Further these comments make it clear that the person performing the microaggression, holds prejudices, presuppositions, about the other person based on their appearance. They are minimizing and dehumanizing. And signal to a PoC (or other marginalized identity) that they are viewed as "other"

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Language:

White person video: morals, intellectual, educational

Latino: confusion, always navigating through identities

Experiences: Can be difficult to determine how you feel about yourself because one group may consider you non-white and another considers white.

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Personal experiences contributing to race + racism

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Personal experiences contributing to race + racism

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Commenting on someone being "well-spoken" can be a microaggression in the wrong context if you have preconceived notions about who the person is and why you wouldn't expect them to be "well-spoken"
Personally experiencing someone asking to touch hair

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the internet is normalizing the micro aggressions, trying to make funny stereotype. 

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the internet is normalizing the micro aggressions, trying to make funny stereotype. 

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Race is almost never our most salient identity.

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- Behaviorally, they physically looked to be uncomfortable while talking
- In general they were afraid to talk about race based on how they would be perceived and unaware of their racial identity

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Assuming lack of education,  based on race or ethnicity or how someone looks or dresses, also talked about microagressions as not just conversational, but body language and cultural appropriation

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Assuming lack of education,  based on race or ethnicity or how someone looks or dresses, also talked about microagressions as not just conversational, but body language and cultural appropriation

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we noticed that the microaggressions were said in a tone that was meant to be nice showing that they had no preconceived notion that the things they were saying were racist and that you should be thankful for it or receive as a compliment.

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treating people like objects or others. "Where are you from" "Your English is good"

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were very uncomfortable, evidenced by physical stances, body language. Black women were very different in their video, emotional. In Asian video people seemed apologetic, almost. It is a stay in your lane, don't deviate kind of culture (personal experience of participant's mother). Anything outside of calm demeanor is looked down upon. Need to accept that we are not old or new school but we are our own school now. Difference with white people being able to express themselves versus stereotypes of "angry black person." In past culture you were supposed to duck your head when seeing evidence of racism; that's "their problem." Growing up Chinese and American, wasn't enough for either of them -- kind of like General Tso's chicken, not really Chinese food but delicious. Internalized racism: never really had to confront it. Experiences as white person has influenced how you view other races. Just being nice to people doesn't mean you're totally fine. Intersections with misogyny: white women want to say how they experience oppression but it isn't the same. Studying abroad in Paris with student from Ghana strip; she wasn't sure how people would perceive her because she is Middle Eastern; white student did not have to consider this. We are not aware enough, educated enough. Don't realize that it's active work.

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For the Latino video, can we separate race from ethnicity? This one has people from different races, but Latino ethnicity. How do we define Latino as a race?

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For the Latino video, can we separate race from ethnicity? This one has people from different races, but Latino ethnicity. How do we define Latino as a race?

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Why is the Black women video gendered but the others aren't?

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Why is the Black women video gendered but the others aren't?

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Difference between being comfortable having the conversations and actually doing the work. We can be uncomfortable and still do it (getting out of the comfort zone).

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Difference between being comfortable having the conversations and actually doing the work. We can be uncomfortable and still do it (getting out of the comfort zone).

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Hi

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Need help!

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Hi!