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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actual black student at an LAC here! I’ll be quite honest OP I was super nervous about coming to my LAC as it wasn’t as diverse as I’m used to (from southern NOVA). I tried to join the black organizations on campus to make black friends and suprisingly it was hard to make friends. Many were cliquey and didn’t interact with new students unless they knew them beforehand. I tried to make friends at a majority white organization and got the same coldness. I just joined an organization my friend suggested and I’ve made a great friend group that I consider diverse: mixed race, Asian, Latinx, white, etc. We all care for each other very strongly. Although it was a new experience and tough to get used to the cliquiness and segregation (not only by race but class) I’m glad I let go of my biases and became friends with many different people. I have black friends, white, Asian, etc. Try not to assume people won’t like you because of race but try to find friends based on interests. Hope this helps OP! If your child still wants black friends join a Divine 9 organization. I’m unsure if Pomona has one but you can join chapters at other schools. Some black students have done that at my LAC. Pomona is great and they have the other Claremont colleges to make friends. <3[/quote]
Why are you scared of non-black people?[/quote]

I’m not. It was just surprising to me coming to an LAC that championed diversity and many friend groups were segregated by race, national origin, ethnic group, socioeconomic class, etc. As stated before, I’m from southern NOVA where it is very diverse. Everyone interacts with everyone. Although race relations were not perfect, it’s much different than what I experienced coming to this college. For many of the students who come from a different background a school like mine may be the most diversity they’ve seen. However, for some of us this wasn’t close to diverse or integrated from what we’re used to. I wanted to share my experience as a black student but my experience does not match every single black person at an LAC. It’s different for everyone. But, as someone who was nervous to make friends in a new place that’s hours away from your home, there are people who’d like to be friends with you and don’t care about little things and accept you for you. As long as you do the same for them![/quote]

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