Regarding Cr. Carrion ´s resignation from the Dallas CCD: The Chancellor is not the first person to suffer the humiliation of red-neck academics. As a native of Texas and DFW I am ashamed of the tiny minds that run this district and the Nation.

Y ´all going nowheres, hear?!

D. Thomas, Ed.D.

Dounald Thomas, Dr. at Language Study Centers, at 6:10 am EDT on May 4, 2006

Lets hear them Scott

Scott, Please do comment on the “peurile perspectives". The rest of your criticism is simply a straw man.

Dan, at 9:00 am EDT on May 4, 2006

Isn’t it funny

Isn’t it funny how when someone of color resigns or gets fired it always comes out that the decision was based on the person’s race? If the DCCCD board and faculty members had been comprised of all Latino or African Americans or other minorities would anyone be crying racism? I highly doubt it. I agree that you should wait until all the facts are out from both sides before the racism flag is raised.

Hmmmm, at 10:50 am EDT on May 4, 2006

In Dallas the question is always about race....

The previous postings are clearly offered by those who are not members of the greater DFW community particularly the academic community. Those of us who work as professors of color at these institutions, now all to well the role that race plays in an area that remains highly segregated—heck the area where our premier institution (SMU) resides is its own city to keep from dealing with issues of integration. While all the issues of the chancellor’s departure may have had nothing to do with race..if you live and work in Dallas it is all about you know class and race were at least backdrops to the discussion...

Asst. Prof. In Dallas, at 12:00 pm EDT on May 4, 2006

Undoubtedly, there will always be those who cringe at the use of the word “racism.” This has been the case since the days when local authorities proudly wore police caps by day and hoods by night (not that long ago). But for many of us who have lived our lives in the so-called enlightened entrails of the academy, we certainly have many stories to tell.

The tradition in higher education when one reaches a certain level of responsibility is to bow and walk away quietly and go forward to the next challenge.

In these scoundrel times, it is unlikely that the facts of the case will ever be shared with the public. Plausible deniability, I think is the borrowed phrase and policy in practice that institutions use to shield their secrets.

Leonard Ramirez, at 7:40 pm EDT on May 4, 2006

Ethnic Tensions in Dallas

Unfortunately, the cry of faculty about not being consulted enough is very familiar to those of us in higher ed. They typically demand far more input than their range of expertise in the area warrents.

I don’t know the facts of this incident in Dallas but there may well be racial undercurrents in the faculty stance. Despite the fact that many have tenure, they are still adept at stirring the pot without ever having the courage to stand up and say what they really mean. They hide behind anonymous surveys with vaguely worded questions that are subject to interpretation.

HigherEdpro, at 9:10 am EDT on May 5, 2006

White Faculty

Having read the article from Los Angeles and myself an adjunct college professor over ten years, I can tell you one fact.

All colleges are driven by majority White faculty who hide under shared governance mythology and union rights that functions more like a segregated country club.

These White faculty associations and I have taught at ten different colleges and am the author of three books, hide behind professionalism yet are not held accountable for their racial conduct of White majority hires and then using Blacks to fight Mexicans. These White faculties are not held accountable to anybody and through their hiring perpetuate White self perservation even if they covert their incompetency.

Julian Segura Camacho, Adjunct Faculty at CSU, at 8:40 pm EDT on June 15, 2006