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Still Marginalized After All These Years

After 36 years in education, 30 of these in higher education, and through personal experiences, observations, conversations, as well as formal ethnographic research, I have concluded that it is defensible to state that persons of color, in particular Latinos, no matter what role they are in (student, faculty, professional support staff, administration, or even as a governing board member), are placed in a marginal status. This status results in Latino individuals not having the same influence as their White peers. This less influential status is the result of others placing a lesser value on Latinos. Such value is based on faulty perceptions held by society in general about Latinos and their culture. These societal stereotypes do not stop at the university or college main gate; racial, ethnic, and gender bias are found on higher education campuses. One overt outcome of societal prejudice is the exclusion of Latino individuals from certain roles in society and their overrepresentation in others. If we take one major arena, the world of business, few persons of color are found within professional levels, and they are overrepresented in unskilled work roles. For example, in the banking industry, few are in managerial roles and many are in the auxiliary roles of security and facilities maintenance. Similarly, this imbalance is found within professional fields, with Latino individuals in entry-level positions but not proportionally found in senior-level roles. For example, in education many Latino individuals are teachers but few are school-building principals or school district superintendents. This division in rank underscores the marginal-status concept. That is, sparse numbers, typically referred to as underrepresentation, make it acceptable and easier to place and hold individuals at the edge of the institution. We are consistently reminded of our superficial status by the treatment and practices applied to us, and, of course, such behavior is less considerate than what others normally experience. It appears that the few Latinos who are able to gain positions of greater responsibility (and supposedly with commensurate authority), typically called academic leadership roles, are kept in