#Interview8

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Interview 8: 1st Generation African-Americans

During this interview, I asked Angelica and Tenesha if they had school spirit, where both replied with “Naw.” It appears the school is at a standstill/bland with social justice due to there being “so much initiative with afro-people, people of color, blacks that are trying to get together to ensure there’s change on campus and feeling welcomed, but it always comes to a standstill due to [groups] disintegrating and irrelevant worries over administration’s knowledge of protesting/social activism.”

 Tenesha added on by providing an example of the standstill on campus when she mentioned the change of Saunders Hall to Carolina Hall. William Saunders was a KKK leader and students conducted multiple protests for three years to name the building after Zora Neale Hurston, the first black-women to attend UNC. This issue was finally handled by the Board of Trustees where they claimed the new name would be Carolina Hall to showcase the diversity of the school. Sounds like a gimmick!

                                                     Key Points:

-Uncertainty over Black Student Movement being a movement or social club to climb a ladder without a mission.

-Note: It does create a space for CERTAIN black people to come together and discuss topics/plan events.

-Why join?

Angelica: “I thought there would be black solidarity, a place to be black without compromising. I thought there was going to be blackness and blackness id dope, but it was different that I expected.

Tenesha: “I feel like the entire campus is white-washed, when I say bland I think dull or the opinion of the Caucasian race and everything’s set to please them, or accommodate them.”