Interviews - Teachers
1.Have you ever been treated unfairly because of your race?
-Well, once I went to a store and picked up a compact blush from the floor that had a broken mirror. Although I went out of my way to pick it up and put it on the shelf, one of the employees walking by assured that I had broken the mirror and told me I had to pay for it. I felt that because she was Caucasian she was just simply picking on me because I was Hispanic. I ended up paying for it because I did not want the situation to escalate.
2.Do you feel or have you ever felt that you are at a disadvantage when it comes to getting a job?
-Although a lot of places won't admit it, they don't like people with accents. I have never been denied a job but I know plenty of people who are never called back after the interview because of their accents.
3.How do you feel about racial equality inequality through social media?
-I believe that social media is very slanted and yellow journalism is very predominant. Social media's need to shock has picked on certain races at times. They portray stereotypes for all races therefore causing people to treat each other unequal. For instance, social media makes it seem like blacks commit more crimes than other races. Hispanics follow right after as far as crime and school drop out rates. They are so focused on those two races that we don't really get a clear picture of what is happening around us leading us to believe what we do hear.
4.Have you ever done anything to stop racial inequality and stereotypes through social media?
-I don't "like" or "share" anything that perpetuates racial inequality or stereotypes. I don't respond and I take it off on my end. I have "unfriended" or stopped communicating with people who post anything negative about any race or stereotypes.
Mrs.Czech | Spanish Teacher | Hispanic
1.Have you ever been treated unfairly because of your race?
-Yes I have. As a teenager I was stopped several times by police for just walking down the street. I've been followed around stores by security people.
In college my roommate a long haired white guy and I were pulled over by police when we went to pick up his girl friend because we looked suspicious.
2.Do you feel or have you ever felt that you are at a disadvantage when it comes to getting a job?
- Yes it happened several times that the far less educated or experienced white person was promoted or hired over me.
3.How do you feel about racial equality inequality through social media?
-Social media is unfortunately a forum for people to spew their hatred of anybody who is different from or thinks differently from them out to the public.
4.Have you ever done anything to stop racial inequality and stereotypes through social media?
-I constantly spread facts to counter the misinformation that is put on social media concerning racial issues, women's issues and LGBT issues. As a member of the NAACP it is one of the many ways we combat the hatred and ignorance that people use social media to perpetuate.
Mr.Staten | Biology teacher | African-American
