Can't Blame Anyone Else for My Problems

Autor/in	Pego, David
Titel	Can't Blame Anyone Else for My Problems
Quelle	In: American Indian Quarterly, 27 (2003) 1-2, S.365-368 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-182X
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Journalism Education; Social Attitudes; Social Bias; American Indians; Tribes; College Faculty; Teacher Qualifications; Racial Bias; Racial Discrimination; Personal Narratives + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; American Indian; Indianer; Tribal society; Stammesgesellschaft; Fakultät; Lehrqualifikation; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Racial bias; Erlebniserzählung
Abstract	The author is a full-blood Saginaw Chippewa Indian tribal member who is trying to enter the world of academia late in life. He relates he has never been subjected to unfair treatment or criticism from others because of the color of his skin. He has taught part-time at the University of Texas College of Communications and last year at South Dakota State University's Journalism Department. But in his lifetime, much more has been given to him than has been taken away. He has one student in Texas question him after class, asking if he thought he really was qualified to teach journalism. The author looked at her and shook his head while thinking of the right thing to say. "I guess I'm not qualified to teach it, but I have been qualified to do it for more than a quarter-century," he said. "All I know is that I've probably already walked down that path you want to travel and my job here is to tell you about some of the bumps in the road." The author does think discrimination exists for many Native people, but he also thinks it is more rare than many are led to believe. He thinks people are more often than not judged on the merits of their service and past accomplishments and then criticized when they come up short. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10