The associate dean of students at Borough of Manhattan Community College who nominates students for scholarships. He is a young white man “with a head of thick brown hair” and wears “geek-chic black-framed glasses.” Neni estimates that he’s around her age. He is racist and classist and tries to dissuade Neni from achieving her goal of becoming a pharmacist, thinking that it isn’t “achievable” for “students like [her].”
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Dean Flipkins Character Timeline in Behold the Dreamers
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Chapter 47
...by a dean. She emails Jerry for the name and office number of the nominator, Dean Flipkins .
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...arrives to the dean’s office, she sees a young white guy wearing “geek-chic black-framed glasses.” Dean Flipkins tells her that he doesn’t nominate by request and that, though Neni has excellent grades,...
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Looking at his computer, Dean Flipkins notices that Neni plans to apply to pharmacy school after graduation and asks her why....
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...Jende comes home from work that night, Neni tells him nothing about her conversation with Dean Flipkins , except that she probably won’t get any scholarships. He then wonders about the point...
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