So, apparently I have raised a "geography snob".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ you need to stop thinking everyone (e.g., whites) is after you. they are not!!

Sure...

'Predominantly white institutions' are 'hotbeds of white supremacy,' prof warns

An Oklahoma State University professor says predominately white institutions (PWIs) are “hotbeds of white supremacy” and that black students must be prepared to be “treated like second-class citizens” if they attend a PWI.

http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=7969

but it's no worse than a white kid attending a BWI, right?

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Anonymous wrote:I ask this sincerely, Op. What does it matter the reasons he doesn't like a school? After all, he is the one who has to live there four years. As long as you can afford it and he gets in what is the problem? At least he knows where he doesn't want to be. As for the snobbish part...he is young and perhaps he will grow out of it. But, there are plenty of people who agree with him, unfortunately.

I guess the problem is that it's clear that his ideas of different parts of the country are often based on stereotypes, rather than on actual information, and it's making me aware how limited his experiences are. I don't care if he likes or rejects a school because of something accurate about the school. For example, he told me he didn't want to look at a school in central Florida because of the heat. He's excited about a school in Denver because he likes to snowboard. I'm fine with that, because those feelings are based on real information. It really is hot in central Florida, and there really are snowy mountains near Denver. He also wants a more urban environment. I'm fine with that, and there are schools I won't even suggest because of that. But his rejection of other schools is based on stereotype, and not on fact, and that bothers me, because if it isn't addressed with accurate information, I can imagine the same stereotypes impacting his interactions with people he meets from Kentucky or Wisconsin or Iowa in the future. So whether or not he actually ends up going to Kentucky for school, I'd like him to be open to the idea that Kentucky is more than just his stereotypes.

My son was very similar when we started looking at colleges. I insisted on visiting some schools that I thought were otherwise good matches even though they were in geographically "undesirable" areas, and DS really did change his mind/broaden his thinking as the process unfolded. He ended up seriously considering one school even though it was very rural (he wanted more urban) and another school even though it was in an area of the country that he originally turned his nose up at.

It's true that in a sense it might not matter--there might be plenty of schools to choose from in the areas he does like. In my DS's case, he was looking for some particular things that meant he needed to be open-minded about the schools he considered, because the pool of schools with things he wanted was already small to begin with. So I insisted on pushing the envelope with him, and I do think it paid off, if only in terms of challenging his world view.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ you need to stop thinking everyone (e.g., whites) is after you. they are not!!

Sure...

'Predominantly white institutions' are 'hotbeds of white supremacy,' prof warns

An Oklahoma State University professor says predominately white institutions (PWIs) are “hotbeds of white supremacy” and that black students must be prepared to be “treated like second-class citizens” if they attend a PWI.

http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=7969

but it's no worse than a white kid attending a BWI, right?

White students are welcome at HBCUs if they aren't racist and feel comfortable (not threatened) around black people. I'm sure Morehouse's first white Valedictorian felt very comfortable and in no way felt like a second class citizen. On the other hand black students from Harvard/other Ivies/state and private colleges (big and small) have felt stereotyped by staff and other students.

http://itooamharvard.tumblr.com/

What is a BWI????? PWI stands for Predominately White Institution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ you need to stop thinking everyone (e.g., whites) is after you. they are not!!

Sure...

'Predominantly white institutions' are 'hotbeds of white supremacy,' prof warns

An Oklahoma State University professor says predominately white institutions (PWIs) are “hotbeds of white supremacy” and that black students must be prepared to be “treated like second-class citizens” if they attend a PWI.

http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=7969

but it's no worse than a white kid attending a BWI, right?

White students are welcome at HBCUs if they aren't racist and feel comfortable (not threatened) around black people. I'm sure Morehouse's first white Valedictorian felt very comfortable and in no way felt like a second class citizen. On the other hand black students from Harvard/other Ivies/state and private colleges (big and small) have felt stereotyped by staff and other students.

http://itooamharvard.tumblr.com/

What is a BWI????? PWI stands for Predominately White Institution.

So, it's "never me, always you" thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ you need to stop thinking everyone (e.g., whites) is after you. they are not!!

Sure...

'Predominantly white institutions' are 'hotbeds of white supremacy,' prof warns

An Oklahoma State University professor says predominately white institutions (PWIs) are “hotbeds of white supremacy” and that black students must be prepared to be “treated like second-class citizens” if they attend a PWI.

http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=7969

but it's no worse than a white kid attending a BWI, right?

White students are welcome at HBCUs if they aren't racist and feel comfortable (not threatened) around black people. I'm sure Morehouse's first white Valedictorian felt very comfortable and in no way felt like a second class citizen. On the other hand black students from Harvard/other Ivies/state and private colleges (big and small) have felt stereotyped by staff and other students.

http://itooamharvard.tumblr.com/

What is a BWI????? PWI stands for Predominately White Institution.

So, it's "never me, always you" thing.

You clearly aren't reading, just being defensive.

Here is the article on the white Valedictorian from Morehouse. I actually wish more (non-racist) white students like him would apply to Howard, Spelman and Morehouse.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/28/news/economy/unstereotyped-white-historically-black-college/

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For a school in Iowa his objection was "corn".

Ha, this will be good in a couple of years for a laugh. Right now he is immature & not very sophisticated.

With his mindset the following states are also out.
Nebraska - he has already expressed a dislike of corn, the book "Children of the Corn" in Nebraska
Georgia - movie Deliverance
West Virginia - well, come on it is West Virginia

I vote you force him to visit WVU. He'll go kicking and screaming and then never want to leave after a weekend in Morgantown.