A Catholic laywoman seeks justice at her alma maters

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“I attended Mother McAuley as a white student from Mount Greenwood. Issues surrounding race didn’t affect me. Today, I have Hispanic daughters who attend McAuley 30 years later. They see the school and policies very differently than I did. Unfortunately, it wasn’t better back then either. I just didn’t see it because it didn’t affect me.”

The above quote came from a survey distributed to alumnae of Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School after the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. Seventy-seven percent of the 400 survey respondents believe that racism is a problem in the school’s community. Eighty-one percent of Black survey respondents stated that they are not confident McAuley would handle issues of discrimination appropriately. Others listed slurs and examples of microaggressions that they experienced regularly from students, faculty, and administration during their time at McAuley.

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