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"The
alleged assault of UVA Student Council candidate Daisy Lundy has again prompted
public discourse on race relations at UVA and in Charlottesville. Last week
students and concerned citizens met to discuss the attacks. And the group
that rallied at Mt. Zion Baptist Church following the race-based assaults
last year of UVA students by Charlottesville High School students again
convened to probe why Charlottesville's blacks and whites largely live in
separate worlds.
So far there has been plenty of handwringing over UVA's "old boy's
network" and the lack of racial diversity among the school's students
and faculty. UVA is not just a school, however. It is also the City's largest
employer. The point that waits to be made is blacks and women have their
place at UVA-working the lowest-paying jobs. The tables below compare the
presence of women and blacks among students, faculty and low-income staff.
School |
% Female Students |
% Female Faculty |
% Black Students |
% Black Faculty |
Architecture |
54 |
26 |
9 |
4 |
Arts and Science |
28 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
Commerce |
46 |
24 |
5 |
0 |
Education_ |
73 |
48 |
10 |
3 |
Engineering |
26 |
14 |
7 |
5 |
Nursing |
96 |
90 |
7 |
0 |
Business |
27 |
25 |
4 |
5 |
Law |
39 |
23 |
0 |
6 |
Medicine |
48 |
26 |
3 |
2 |
UVA Total : |
50 |
27 |
7 |
4 |
| Job Category |
% Female |
% Black |
Food service |
71 |
61 |
Building and grounds crews |
6 |
55 |
Secretarial /Clerical |
91 |
21 |
Service/Maintenance |
62 |
52 |
C-Ville Weekly, March 18, 2003
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