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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did that bother you that minority faculty members made more money?[/quote]  
I'm not 4:57 but I've also taught at universities where African-American faculty received higher salaries in order to recruit them.

On a general level, I think it's a good thing because it's important to have diverse faculty.  That has an important impact on students' (all races and ethnicities) expectations of themselves and others.  As well, our young people are also going to be competing in a much more diverse world and this helps prepare them.

On a personal level, I can say I have a slight bit of jealousy towards black colleagues who get paid more or whose children will receive financial aid when mine won't.  BUT every time I think about this, I remember my gentle proper female colleague who was stopped for Driving While Black and treated rudely (something that would never happen to me) and I think about the hard-working and educated young men in my neighborhood who must constantly negotiate (whether consciously or unconsciously) white people's fear of them when they go into white neighborhoods, schools, and businesses.  That all sounds pretty exhausting to me so I don't know if I would trade places even if I could.  So I don't begrudge one dime of extra salary and financial aid those folks get.

Plus getting hired is one thing -- getting tenure is another.  As I recall, it wasn't so easy for faculty of color to get tenure -- although I don't know the statistics now.  Anyone want to comment?
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