Not Like Taking a Fifth Class
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Title
Not Like Taking a Fifth Class
Subject
Student op-ed, where the author reacts to another student quoted in a 2013 Campus article as saying "Being a student of color at Middlebury is kind of like taking a fifth class". The author disagrees with this sentiment and explains how she does not let various racial microaggressions affect her/her mentality.
Description
Volume 112, Number 14
Creator
Jeanette Cortez
Publisher
The Campus
Date
02/13/2014
Contributor
Jeanette Cortez
Coverage
"Being a student of color at Middlebury means nothing more than that you are a student of color at Middlebury."
"I want to be an educator, I want to be a mentor. .. I can't do that if I constantly over-analyze and judge the white, upper-middle-class society I chose to immerse myself in for every mistake they may or may not have made."
"I want to be an educator, I want to be a mentor. .. I can't do that if I constantly over-analyze and judge the white, upper-middle-class society I chose to immerse myself in for every mistake they may or may not have made."
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Jeanette Cortez, “Not Like Taking a Fifth Class,” Archives of Anti-Racist Activism, accessed October 27, 2026, https://twilightprojectantiracistrecords.middcreate.net/items/show/589.