Description
The University of Central Florida (UCF) Forum is a weekly series of opinion columns presented by the UCF News & Information. The columns are the opinions of the writers, who serve on the UCF Forum panel of faculty members, staffers and students for a year. A new column is posted each Wednesday at UCF Today and then broadcast between 7:50 and 8 a.m. Sunday on WUCF-FM (89.9).
Publication Date
2-4-2015
Keywords
Race problems; Ferguson; Darren Wilson; White police force; Black citizens; Willie Jefferson Jr.; Community safety
Introduction
His name was Eddie, and he was a lot like me. We both were studious, scrawny and 11 years old at the time. He wore a starched white shirt with sharply creased sleeves and heavy-rimmed glasses that probably brought teasing from classmates.
Subjects
Race; Gender; Racism; Respect; Race relations
Collection
Publisher
University of Central Florida
STARS Citation
Brunson, Rick (2015). Corrective lenses needed when looking at race issues. UCF Today, 2015-02-04. Retrieved from https://today.ucf.edu/corrective-lenses-needed-looking-race-issues/
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Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Journalism Studies Commons