How to Slowly Kill Yourselves and Others in America

This essay doesn't explicitly say that race is a root cause of tensions for our narrator,  but it is easily assumed that is what the essay was trying to convey. Although this is what the writer was trying to prove, I do not believe that race is the main cause of struggle here. Most of the hardships come from his struggle between his university and himself. I believe this problem isn't unique to the African-american community. Most people who go against the establishment encounter such hardships from being suspended to expelled and ostracized in the community. Many people from all walks of life, as far back as history can record, sees those who are different, those who stand up for something and against injustices, usually encounter some type of backlash. Issues are always labeled to have some root cause such as poverty, race, sex, or something else along those line. I think this essay is more geared to tackle the race issues, but it could be those who disrupt the apple cart. Our narrators essays about masturbation and news film with him fighting as well as naming those who is fighting with and proving they are from the university paints  bad name for the university time and time again. It disrupts the flow of the flow of interest and revenue for the university. It is bad for business. No matter the color of skin of someone who does such things, the university will always probably respond, the cause of the problem would have been treated the same no matter what color of skin or background. If it costs the university money it is bad for business. There are bad race tensions and problems that need to be dest with but I am not sure most of our narrators issues that he faced were because of the color of his skin.