Bye to Dr. Brown

Dr. Brown is leaving Bellarmine University at the end of the spring 2007 semester. Brown has been a visiting professor for several years. He was asked by President Joseph J. McGowan to come to the Bellarmine campus to teach about diversity. Brown has had a significant influence on our campus in the view of the students. He has helped to open the minds of students, testing their narrow-minded views. Students in his classes have learned about racism, diversity, and "whiteness". "Whiteness" is what Dr. Brown believes to be the issue at hand. This is not about white person or people causing racism, but instead, it is the concept of "white" that is the problem. This idea is power, privilege and wealth, which are controlled by the systems that keep others down. The systems are the government, religion, the corporate world, etc. Brown believes that there has to be a change in the systems, not just ideas exchanged among people, to make a true difference in our modern world. Brown is educating the next generation of leaders here at Bellarmine to not to just placidly fall in step with the systems that are in place, but instead to stand up for social justice. To celebrate Dr. Brown's time and teaching on our campus, Bellarmine had a "Get Down with Dr. Brown" party on Thursday, April 26 at 6:00 p.m. in Frasier. All were welcome to come and celebrate his contribution towards social justice on the Bellarmine campus. Dr. Brown will always be remember on Bellarmine's campus.