THE COMMON EXPERIENCE OF OTHERNESS ETHNIC AND RACIAL MINORITY FACULTY

This study identified the commonalities underlying the experiences of ethnic and racial minority faculty members at a predominantly white re search university. Despite the heterogeneity of ''minority'' faculty, their common experiences included: (a) the bicultural stance they cult ivated, (b) the ethnocentrism they perceived, and (c) the discriminato ry behavior they experienced. This paper explores the usefulness of th eories of race and ethnic relations in aiding understanding of the com mon experiences of those perceived as ''other'' by the dominant majori ty.