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| Black Statements of Purpose The issues at stake with respect to black participation in higher education could hardly be more important and controversial. The vast majority of Americans want or would like to see a black presence in higher education that is at least more or less proportionate to the presence of black people in the general population. How to get there is the controversial part. For our purposes here, however, we need only to recognize the fact that being black matters when one applies to graduate school. If one is black, this needs to be taken into account when writing one’s SOP. This is especially important in terms of scholarships and financial aid. If a university wants a morally acceptable level of diversity on its campus, it needs to find the funds to implement its policies, and universities do use their economic resources to attract minority students; and, for better or for worse, they quite often do so in proactive ways. |
| It is important to recognize that black people are probably America’s most prominent symbol of the need for aggressive social policies designed to protect, inspire, and uplift the most vulnerable among us—who are the most vulnerable precisely as a result of historical injustice. They must, therefore, be the central vehicle of America’s spiritual rebirth or reconstruction as a nation dedicated to social justice. Black people especially, along with the large Latino population in the U.S. that has also been historically victimized in America, and of course America’s indigenous citizens, stand at the center of our hope as a nation. They must be at the forefront of America’s salvation if America is to have a social redemption. How the black minority fares in America is a mirror image of the level of social and historical justice that she has attained. Only blacks were historically enslaved; as a result, black people to this day bear a certain inescapable (for some tragically unbearable) historical weight, pressure, or burden. For a black applicant to graduate school, therefore, there is a certain sense in which he or she cannot escape the reality that they will be in some way special on campus. This is because people in charge of managing campus diversity simply do not sit around talking about how to attract and recruit white people. This is our reality. Who does not want more black doctors and lawyers? This is a goal that even Republicans respect—or capitalize on for political gain. Whatever the case, Powell and Rice are very welcome in terms of their color if not their politics. Both public servants represent something that most of America is very proud of; and this is true across political lines. This reality is inescapable for black people. I once taught a freshman composition class at the University of Southern California with several black students. And as is quite common in Freshman Composition classes, I asked my students to address an enormously difficult topic, the question of why half of the men in America’s jails are black while blacks represent only about 12% of the American population. One black female student from an upper-middle-class family did not like the topic at all. She clearly longed for a color blind world and I understood why. Today, I am able to empathize with her even more so than at the time. Nevertheless, her desire for a color blind classroom was futile, much like the dreams of innocence that all of us must shed sooner or later, however painful. She was only 19 years old. At the University of Southern California she learned a lot about being black, in new ways. If she went on to graduate school, this process continued. With respect to America’s black men in jail, it should be noted that California, for example, is investing twice as much public revenue in jails as it is in the educational system. Is this not cause for concern for us all? And does not the black man (or woman) who goes to college have a certain moral connection of redemption to the black woman (or man) in jail? The color of American incarceration is a graphic portrait of her need for diversity appreciation. And to the extent to which America really is a melting pot, this occurs most dynamically on the college campus. |
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