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Recently, Technician published an editorial that explored the issue of what Africans should be called in America. As an African, born in America, I was deeply disappointed with your editorial. In my opinion, it lacked depth and sensitivity.…

Technician is deciding on the journalistic use of the term black as opposed to the term African-American. The debate stems from the fact that there seems to be a growing trend toward using African-American. However, this term is not as accurate as…

More African-American high school seniors send their SAT scores to N.C. State than to any other traditionally white college in the nation. NCSU appeared seventh in a list of 15, ranked behind six predominantly black universities, such as Howard…

I'm writing in response to Nathan Gay's article "Contest is Racist." To begin with, it about time someone has spoken out about this growing problem. This university attempts to pride itself on its non-racist demeanor while at the same time it allows…

This letter is in response to Nathan Gay's "Contest is Racist" article that appeared in the Feb 8 Technician. The reason that you don't understand the Ebony Man (that's two words, not one) contest is obviously due to your overwhelming ignorance as…

I was proud to be a student here at N.C. State. The working word in the previous statement is "was." I believe the people on this campus worked hard to move past the stigma of North Carolina racism. I thought we made great strides to eliminate the…

Last year while walking down Gorman street at night, I was stopped and questioned by Public Safety. The reason was simply because I was a black man. In fact, the officer told me so.

“Son, we had a description come over the radio of a black male.…

According to admissions, 435 African-American students were admitted to N.C. State University this semester. For the 3,757 new freshmen at NCSU, only 393 were African-American.

The most recent statistics at NCSU shows that the black student…

The Dawning of a new day. That’s how many African-Americans see the beginning of this new academic year… the dawning of a new day. With so many changes around the university that affect black people, it is easy [sic.] why some are optimistic…

We need to learn how to make the best of every situation that we find ourselves in. Which means that we need to overcome disappointment if when we graduate and can’t find that top dollar job. Now, I am not speaking of myself, so don’t sit back…