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John Dimandja: The First Day Of Class

July 31, 2015

Professor John Dimandja is confused when his class begins snickering on the first day -- until he realizes it's because they weren't expecting him to be black.

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Tags John Dimandja, education, teacher, racism, diversity in STEM, season 5

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