{"id":1104,"date":"2021-08-05T16:38:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T16:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ip.ccde.com.uw.edu\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2024-05-06T16:39:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T16:39:09","slug":"1104","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ip.ccde.com.uw.edu\/?p=1104","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Where Are You From?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-5d3e6538\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-4218dfff\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4218dfff\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p>By Ebrima<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter\/Spring 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To set the scene, it was currently September 2016 and I begin my first year of college at the University of Washington. Walking to my first class gave me chills knowing that I was one of the few minorities who had the opportunity to participate in a space heavily dominated by whites. I attend all my classes and come home to my fraternity also dominated by whites to debrief my first day. I recall the numerous times I had to restate my name and even realized that I only had three other students of color in all of my classes\u2026. Combined! 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