Percentage of BIPOCs at your child’s top pick

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As far as reach-schools, what percentage of the college are BIPOCs, and is diversity likely to sway your child’s decision?

It will probably sway my kid's decision. Her public HS school is extremely diverse...Black (20%), White (30%), Hispanic (25%), Asian (20%), 2+ and other (5%). Numbers are rounded estimates.

As she's considering at schools, she's looking at the diversity numbers & definitely notices on visits to universities.

Wait, is she the kid who wants to go to NY because of Mamdani?

[Anonymous]

We have no idea. Didn't even consider this when looking.

[Anonymous]

out of curiousity, for the posters saying the demographic breakdown is not important and you don’t even notice those things as a factor at all, are you white, or a minority group (either URM or ORM)? And if you’re white, and saying demographic percentages don’t matter at all, would you feel the same if the percent of white students at
that school was in the 1-10% range? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

I’m one of those posters who said it doesn’t matter. Of course I’m white! I fully acknowledge that this is white privilege for my kids. They don’t have to worry about being the only visible one of their kind. That’s also why i roll my eyes at other white students go on and on about importance of diversity. When making final choice, i really don’t believe it’s as important to them as they think it is.

For URM, I totally get why they want schools with diversity. They don’t want to be the only one of their kind either.

[Anonymous]

I am very happy that I went to one of the problematic "non-diverse" schools mentioned in this thread. Among other things, I'm happy I didn't have to deal with whatever is going on here. "Oppression Olympics" is right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am very happy that I went to one of the problematic "non-diverse" schools mentioned in this thread. Among other things, I'm happy I didn't have to deal with whatever is going on here. "Oppression Olympics" is right.

+1
I had thought at this point (2025) we would be past the sorting of people into their various boxes and the "oppression olympics," as you put it. Clearly, a certain segment of the population has no plans to let that go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As far as reach-schools, what percentage of the college are BIPOCs, and is diversity likely to sway your child’s decision?

It will probably sway my kid's decision. Her public HS school is extremely diverse...Black (20%), White (30%), Hispanic (25%), Asian (20%), 2+ and other (5%). Numbers are rounded estimates.

As she's considering at schools, she's looking at the diversity numbers & definitely notices on visits to universities.

Does she count skinny vs fat? Our public HS is about 60% overweight and my daughter wants to be around people who won't silently judge her for having a preference.

What a ridiculous statement! How would one even know bodyweight stats? Ethnic diversity stats are published in our school district.

She has friends across each of the groups & wants to continue making friends who aren't only white.

Obviously, the PP was being sarcastic - and spot on. As for "ethnic diversity stats," they should stop publishing those. People are people.

[Anonymous]

I’m ROTFLMAO that all your children want to go to a sitcom school with just enough BIPOC to make it cool and “diverse.”

Fun fact: costs ruin your desired Benetton ad, because BIPOC are not drowning in generational wealth. Furthermore, you’ll still retreat into your privilege bubbles once you get to the magic diverse school…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am very happy that I went to one of the problematic "non-diverse" schools mentioned in this thread. Among other things, I'm happy I didn't have to deal with whatever is going on here. "Oppression Olympics" is right.

+1
I had thought at this point (2025) we would be past the sorting of people into their various boxes and the "oppression olympics," as you put it. Clearly, a certain segment of the population has no plans to let that go.

It’s not sorting people into their various boxes.

It’s baskets. People must be sorted into separate baskets, based on the color of their skin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As far as reach-schools, what percentage of the college are BIPOCs, and is diversity likely to sway your child’s decision?

It will probably sway my kid's decision. Her public HS school is extremely diverse...Black (20%), White (30%), Hispanic (25%), Asian (20%), 2+ and other (5%). Numbers are rounded estimates.

As she's considering at schools, she's looking at the diversity numbers & definitely notices on visits to universities.

Does she count skinny vs fat? Our public HS is about 60% overweight and my daughter wants to be around people who won't silently judge her for having a preference.

She will find fewer fat classmates at place like U. Of Texas or Florida.

What??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is “White-passing” bilingual Hispanic (their first language at home was Spanish). Their high school friend group is mostly white (fcps). They will probably attend a majority white university (large flagship), but their program is diverse, compared to the general student body. I hope all goes well for them, and they don’t experience ethnic/racial micro-agressions, like I did in college.

Can you share examples?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is “White-passing” bilingual Hispanic (their first language at home was Spanish). Their high school friend group is mostly white (fcps). They will probably attend a majority white university (large flagship), but their program is diverse, compared to the general student body. I hope all goes well for them, and they don’t experience ethnic/racial micro-agressions, like I did in college.

Can you share examples?

"tech immigrant" "robot" "drone" "unearned priviledge"
Indian parents experience it daily on DCUM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is “White-passing” bilingual Hispanic (their first language at home was Spanish). Their high school friend group is mostly white (fcps). They will probably attend a majority white university (large flagship), but their program is diverse, compared to the general student body. I hope all goes well for them, and they don’t experience ethnic/racial micro-agressions, like I did in college.

Can you share examples?

"tech immigrant" "robot" "drone" "unearned priviledge"
Indian parents experience it daily on DCUM

I personally sorry you had to experience these, and generally agree they are micro-aggressions directed at you, though with one exception. If we are having an honest conversation and being truthful, I think you have to agree Indians and Indian-Americans as a whole do in fact benefit from unearned privilege.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is “White-passing” bilingual Hispanic (their first language at home was Spanish). Their high school friend group is mostly white (fcps). They will probably attend a majority white university (large flagship), but their program is diverse, compared to the general student body. I hope all goes well for them, and they don’t experience ethnic/racial micro-agressions, like I did in college.

Can you share examples?

"tech immigrant" "robot" "drone" "unearned priviledge"
Indian parents experience it daily on DCUM

I personally sorry you had to experience these, and generally agree they are micro-aggressions directed at you, though with one exception. If we are having an honest conversation and being truthful, I think you have to agree Indians and Indian-Americans as a whole do in fact benefit from unearned privilege.

unlike white people.

and black people. and latin people.

wait what were we talking about..

[Anonymous]

Not wise to view any group as one uniform monolith. Even within groups and within families, there are different social and economic experiences. I’m Indian-American and there’s a difference between the first wave that came during the 60’s and 70’s (doctors and engineers), the second wave who came during the 80’s (business people and factory workers) and then the more recent “tech immigrant wave”. Some subgroups are more privileged than others.