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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry OP, I don't understand how a post about what it is like being Black (or hispanic when you look stereotypically Hispanic with dark brown/black hair, brown eyes, and olive/tan skin) has so many pages about Asians.

That right here is what our kids are up against.  Instead of being supportive the posts are about Asians, about how everyone should be color blind, or about anything under the sun except what it is like when you are one of the few non white/non Asian students at a college that is so overwhelmingly white/Asian.

Now add the issue of class divide between students and if you are a black/hispanic student who is upper middle class/ well off it is also a different experience because often many (but certainly not all!) of the black/ hispanic students are first gen / low income.  So even the community gets divided at times. So consider that aspect of if there isn't a critical mass of brown students it can be even harder to feel like you fit in. And then all the stereotypes of - you much be here getting full financial aid assumptions, or the continued affirmative action disparaging comments of that is how you got in.

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