These 6 clips were taken from two separate on campus field trips during junior year and from the senior studio senior year. Each clip is separated from the next with about one second of black screen. That is how they can be differentiated. Explanations of each clip are listed below:
1) In clip one I have turned on my camera, but no one but me knows it's recording. As we walk we are passing a couple of churches on our right across the street. I was constantly getting tormented verbally on an everyday basis and here is a clear example of how. As we walk you'll notice a couple pass us on the left one of them is wearing a lime green jacket. As she passes me you can hear a student named Bill Weickman say, "you're going against the Western Church, Sudhama." This goes to show the level of ethnically based hostility toward me which permeated the everyday atmosphere of the class.
2) In the next clip everyone in the class pretty much realizes the camera is rolling. The person in front of the camerais Professor John Alexopoulis, does realize the camera is rolling. He still demonstrates his dislike for me by taking the stick he's holding and saying to me, "hold to this will ya." I start to say my hands are full and before I can he adds, "well do something." His manner is terse, gruff and rude. You can hear from the class reaction everyone took it as a diss. This is how he was when he knew he was being recorded. You can imagine how it was when he wasn't. Done on a regular basis it's probably easy to see how this could become infectious and permeate the class.
3) In the next clip Professor Alexopoulis makes an attempt to really hurt me. In 1987 4 days before Christmas when I was fifteen years old my father passed away due to complications from a previous stroke leading to a heart attack. The stroke left him bed ridden for about a year before he had a heart attack. I had shared this with members of the class, and as it was a small class
