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12 • THE GRYPHON Fall/Winter 2021
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I don’t believe they meant to be racist, but shortly before graduation, a faculty member tried to encourage me not to seek a college education. They felt it would be better for me to go to a trade school. My father was a professor at Howard University at that time and when I told him that he hit the ceiling.” — David ’72
In my time at CSW, it was pretty common, especially for Black and Latino men, to not make it through CSW. They would be suspended or pushed out to leave, to struggle to keep up with the academics and have to leave for those reasons… — Anonymous ’04
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What impressed me was how different my worlds were. And nobody ever wanted to come to my side of the street. I always had to go to their side of the street. People want to bring everybody into their world. They don’t want to investigate the richness of the world of the other.” — Sandy ’66
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I know for me, growing up, I’ve
always been told, ‘You have to work twice as hard to get half of what someone has. You always have to be at the top, number one. You have to strive for that, or else people are going to think you’re lesser than.’” — Shari ’12
The amount of times I’ve been confused for other Black girls in the school (by white teachers especially) is ridiculous. Our population is so minuscule yet you still manage to confidently call me the wrong name and carry on a whole conversation before I stop you and tell you I’m not who you were looking for.”— Anonymous, @voicesofcsw instagram
