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[quote=Anonymous]DD is AA and is a recruited athlete in lacrosse.  She visited the following schools:  UVA, VT, WM, and UNC Chapel Hill.  Her impressions after the visit:

- UVA:  I didn't see any AA players on the roster
- VT:  I saw one or may be two on the roster,
- WM:  I saw one on the roster,
- UNC:  I saw one on the roster,

As someone who was born to a Vietnamese mother and AA soldier during the Vietnam war, I was raised in Vietnam until I was 18 years old when I arrived to the US.  Growing up, I was discriminated by Vietnamese people because of my skin color, and it was very blatant in Vietnam.  I was treated like 3rd class citizen in Vietnam while kids who were born by Vietnamese mother and white American soldier were treated like royalties.  Things are a bit better here in the US but unless you're in that situation, you will never understand.

People just don't want to admit that there isn't any diversity in women lacrosse.  Just look at the roster of the schools listed above.  My DD said to me many times that she felt out of place.[/quote]

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