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Malina Stefanovska

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Fall 2018 - Dr. Stefanovska taught straight out of Poèmes, Pièces, Prose while I was her student, with the exception of Alexander Dumas (mixed race author), every single author in that book was a white male. The solitary appendage to our readings from the aforementioned book came in the form of a novel by yet another celebrated white male author. During her office hours, she would make inappropriate comments to me about other students' appearance. I specifically remember when she mentioned that an Asian classmate of mine was obviously from the middle class because of his effeminate appearance; conversely, she claimed, another classmate of mine, a Hispanic male, had a more "masculine" look (her words not mine) and therefore was obviously from the working class; she made these assumptions solely on their appearance. She then had the audacity to ask me from which social class I came from-- I was aghast. She does seem nice and entertaining at first. However, I don't know why she thought it was okay to make those comments to me. I guess because I am not white and would have to just sit there and take it. As a result, I found her to harbor unconsciously biased views of hispanics specifically, and people of color more broadly. I was most disturbed when one day in class she said: "most hispanics are in the working class and some (as she dismissively waved) form part of the middle class." Whether that is true or not, it was not only inappropriate but completely dismissive. Moreover, it has nothing to do with what we were studying at the moment. It appears Dr. Stefanovska feels like she can make racists comments to her non-white students and get away with it. If you are white, you will find her to be amazing. If you are not white, be careful.
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