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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A college can look diverse on paper but the actual social life on campus can be very segregated by race, class, etc. [/quote]

Yes, and having “safe spaces” for POC, in my view, is not a bad thing. For many of these students, going to college might be their first time attending school that is majority White (and / or Asian). Self-segrating, gives these students a path into integrating into the bigger society. I am a POC, but I grew up in mostly white middle class town. Most of my friends in college were white, because we shared common experiences growing up. [/quote]

Self segregating helps one integrate? How exactly? That's the exact opposite of integration.[/quote]

I think what pp means is that sometimes BIOPIC have to create their own sub environment of others like them to adapt to that broader college environment. Sort of like finding people that already are like you and have a lot in common with you. That’s why some girls may have an all girls table, or blacks may sit at an all black table. It’s the familiarity from time to time that is sought.  Nothing wrong with it. But from the outside, it might look like non integration.

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This.  Very much how English speaking “ex-pats”, aka immigrants, tend to band together when working abroad. [/quote]

It’s still not integration. It’s more like parallel play.[/quote]

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