Either wish me well, go to hell or ...
Walking into Sterling Memorial Library wearing socks and sandals last year, folder in hand, Andom Ghebreghiorgis’ ’07 slim stature — 5’8” and 135 pounds — should hardly have seemed threatening. But he had only taken eight steps when a security guard said, “Excuse me, sir. Yeah, come here.” Students behind and in front of Ghebreghiorgis continued onward as the skeptical guard asked, “Are you a student here?” The student pulled out his ID.| That's how Lea Yu's Yale Daily News article "Black Elis face a local challenge" (the first of a three-part "Experiencing Race at Yale" series) starts. (Bonus link? OK. Try on Kelly Chang's Yale Daily Herald article "African-American solidarity: Fact or fiction?")
“Oh, thank you, you can move on,” the guard said. [...]
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