Dec '14 - Dec '14
It was a Sunday evening in March of 2011 when I received the strangest email. I was sitting at my computer working when in my inbox the message “[SECURITY] Unidentified Suspect In the Undergraduate Studios” popped up from our “arch-all” email group. The message (which I saved) was sent... View full entry
The recent cases involving Mike Brown in Ferguson and Garner in New York all continue to illuminate how many people view Blacks (and especially Black men) in America. Architecture schools cannot avoid this discussion as many schools still have staggering low numbers of Black and other underrepresented minority students in their programs. I want to help us talk about these issues as we continue to try making our learning environments (the design studio) welcoming for people of all walks of life.
