Percentage of BIPOCs at your child’s top pick

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Differentiation is true and present within any group; for example: many caucasians are poor and reliant on SNAP benefits, as has recently been highlighted. But that doesn’t render privilege false.

But the same measure, Indian / Asian privilege must also be acknowledged here, and the most obvious demonstration of that fact is in current admissions statistics. Another validating data point is household income. Again, anecdotal evidence does not invalidate the reality of Asian privilege in America.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Differentiation is true and present within any group; for example: many caucasians are poor and reliant on SNAP benefits, as has recently been highlighted. But that doesn’t render privilege false.

But the same measure, Indian / Asian privilege must also be acknowledged here, and the most obvious demonstration of that fact is in current admissions statistics. Another validating data point is household income. Again, anecdotal evidence does not invalidate the reality of Asian privilege in America.

But it certainly makes applying the assumption of privilege to any individual a fool’s errand at best and racist at worst.

[Anonymous]

Kid’s school 64% white, it is a great fit for them. Without this post wouldn’t have taken the time to look up the demographics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Differentiation is true and present within any group; for example: many caucasians are poor and reliant on SNAP benefits, as has recently been highlighted. But that doesn’t render privilege false.

But the same measure, Indian / Asian privilege must also be acknowledged here, and the most obvious demonstration of that fact is in current admissions statistics. Another validating data point is household income. Again, anecdotal evidence does not invalidate the reality of Asian privilege in America.

But it certainly makes applying the assumption of privilege to any individual a fool’s errand at best and racist at worst.

+1 applicants need to be evaluated as individuals

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Genuinely curious - are people still using words like BIPOC and micro aggressions? I live in a fairly red area and was under the impression these weren’t used anymore. Seems very 2024 college campus.

???

M'am. I think you fell down in an echo chamber and you can't get up.

Are they using different words in your fairly red area in place of BIPOC and microaggressions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think most students are looking for economic diversity, rather than pure racial diversity. The rich GDS and Sidwell black students aren't bringing anything special to campus. Students value a diversity of experience rather than color, which is increasingly meaningless among 18 year olds in 2025.

This. Wealth really is the distinguishing factor in many cases. Most public universities on E and W coast - and the south- will have significant racial and economic diversity. I went to UT Austin and found that to be true, as it represents the overall demographic of the state.

I am pushing my kids to apply at only public universities, skipping most private schools (and def no to religious institutions) to enjoy a more diverse student body across the board.

[Anonymous]

Not interested period.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know what a bipoc is but it sounds like a made up woke term, so I definitely don’t want it at my kid’s school.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Genuinely curious - are people still using words like BIPOC and micro aggressions? I live in a fairly red area and was under the impression these weren’t used anymore. Seems very 2024 college campus.

???

M'am. I think you fell down in an echo chamber and you can't get up.

Are they using different words in your fairly red area in place of BIPOC and microaggressions?

No. In red areas, the focus is on a person as an individual, not as part of a racial group, so there is no substitute word for BIPOC.

Instead of microsgression, in a red state a statement would either be labeled as racist (if the negative statement is clearly based on race) or, if motive is not clearly based on race, as the words of an a**hole. (A right leaning individual doesn’t assume that all negative statements directed towards a minority are rooted in race. Some people are just jerks and treat people of all races poorly.)

[Anonymous]

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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.

DP. I'm not Indian so I amy not be familiar with the details but what unearned privilege do South Asians have?

Was it the 2 centuries of colonialism?

AFAICT the primary advantage Indians have over other immigrants is that they generally have english as a native language.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Genuinely curious - are people still using words like BIPOC and micro aggressions? I live in a fairly red area and was under the impression these weren’t used anymore. Seems very 2024 college campus.

Some people still use latinx and zhe zher zhey

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:America is about the only place in the world where diversity in college is a consideration. The overwhelming majority of the top academic institutions in other countries are racially homogenous and yet they are still able to learn despite the lack of classmates with different colored skin. it's astounding.

What an absurd and patently false assertion.

[Anonymous]

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Everyone still uses it.

Hate the term BIPOC, think it’s up there with LatinX in being something white people use to be performatively liberal and distracts from an otherwise important concept - which is going to school or work with people from different races, background, and classes.

Too bad your opinion and feelings are invalid. But we get it -- "hate" is something you do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:America is about the only place in the world where diversity in college is a consideration. The overwhelming majority of the top academic institutions in other countries are racially homogenous and yet they are still able to learn despite the lack of classmates with different colored skin. it's astounding.

What an absurd and patently false assertion.

DP.

China would like a word.