Dealing with anti-Catholic prejudice in college

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Aren’t there laws against discrimination based on religion? Can they apply to your situation in some way? Might be worth considering.
 
About 40 years ago. But I live in Texas, one of the biggest red-neck states in the Southwest. When I went to college, most of the only Black folks you saw were working in the cafeteria of my dorm. There were many Latinos around either.
 
Also, I need to have prejudice defined. If it is disagreement over the abortion issue or people who blame some of the priests for pedophilia in the Church, I would not call that prejudice. I would call that a lack of understanding and compassion. I would call prejudice hating us Catholics just because we are Catholics.
 
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How many years ago was that?
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I attended college in the 80s, grad school in the 90s, and grad school in the early 00’s and also never experienced anti-Catholic prejudice from teachers. One major contributing factor was that my curriculum was mostly STEM and when your professor is teaching you math or chemistry or business strategy, his views on God or religion don’t tend to come up, nor is his grading subjective - you either got the right answer or you didn’t.
I encountered one street preacher once who claimed Catholics weren’t Christian. That’s all I remember of anti-Catholicism on campus.
 
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The guy also said that European Catholics always sought to impose their Faith on others
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI wrote about this in Truth and Tolerance which is a really good read. He said that “others” (non-Europeans) recognize the essential truth in what was taught by the European Catholics and accept and incorporate this enlightenment even thought there was some bad behavior accompanying their European Catholic messengers.
 
Well, for those of us who went to school 30-40+ years ago, it’s a very different level of political correctness there today.
 
He elaborated a bit on the biased and distorted view of Church history that he’s getting. (Username is Bill - I’m assuming he’s male). The humanities and social sciences (a.k.a. “softy” sciences), can be harder than the STEM fields for Catholics. Academia can get counter-intuitively narrow, reactionary, and even anti-intellectual.
 
This is hard, especially coming from a professor. I think the best thing to do would be to pray for him and try your best to bravely live out your Catholic Faith. It’s not easy, but you have to stick up for what’s right. Your situation reminds me so much of the movie “God’s not dead.” God bless and prayers!!! 🙏 🙂 🙏
 
It saddens me to hear this. You will be in my prayers.

Stay strong and keep your faith.
 
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I used to teach at a university. The professor’s behavior is completely out of line. She is not allowed to treat students as punching bags.

Consult your college’s handbook of rights and responsibilities.

Write up notes detailing the specifics of her unethical behavior. Cite any of your rights that have been violated.Then, go to the academic dean and report your experiences. Harassment of that kind should be against university rules. With any luck, she’ll be called on the carpet.

If you don’t get any traction there, contact your diocesan newspaper. I’m sure they’d love to do a story about it.

God bless you!
 
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