One Man’s White Experience

The first job of my post college career was in an NCAA Division 1 Athletic Department. It was 1982. Among my dozens of colleagues — administrators, coaches, support staff, medical professionals, facilities staff, student help — there were two African Americans. One was a men’s basketball assistant coach. The other an equipment manager. Those ratios didn’t shock me. They more or less mirrored the experience I’d had in school.

When I left that job three years later, the number of POC had shrunk to one.