[Mr. Jeeves]

My personal opinion in this matter is that all to often black students expect to be given decent grades because they exist and show up.

In the movie "Higher Learning", Omar Epps' character demonstrates this attitude perfectly. He expects his black political science professor (Lawrence Fishburne) to give him an easier ride just because he is also black. Fishburne sets him straight in a hurry - but I suspect there are far too few black university professors who think like Fishburne's character.

[Benrand]

I had an English prof at IUP who said on the first day that we were there to work and expect to work very hard...essays, essays, essays. Unfortunately every book on his book list was about the victimization of blacks and slavery and Marxism...

I got out of there.