“To truly tap into the knowledge stores and intellectual reserves maintained by African American scholars, academe must first meet their most basic needs: Establish a safe and inclusive environment to successfully engage in critical discourse, create a forum to bond with peers, develop a means to foster viable connections with students and increase opportunities to interface with the institution. By attempting to meet the needs of these African American tenure-track scholars, academe can convert the unfamiliar temple into a familiar shrine.”

By Fred A. Bonner II, Dr.

Excerpt from "The Temple of My Unfamiliar: Faculty of Color at Predominantly White Institutions." Black Issues in Higher Education 20.18 (23 Oct. 2003)