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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Have you considered/toured any HBCU s ? [/quote]

What does this have to do with anything? She said that she went to college a long time ago. She's just providing an opinion about why certain students might cluster together in college.

It's odd that athletes can self segregate, other students with specific interests (like investment club or frat bros) can self-segregate, but if minorities self-segregate then its viewed as something completely different.  It's the same -- students at times group themselves based on interests at that time.   No different.

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DP. I totally understand that and agree that all sorts of students form groups based on interest. However, the fact that self segregation is common does lend some nuance to the claim that racial diversity is the number one thing that students should look for in colleges. [/quote]

Whites started segregation in the U.S.

At colleges too.

Don't forget this when discussing matters of socializing.

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So we desegregated so that we could segregate by choice. Got it. So much progress.[/quote]

Are you a POC?  If not, you just may not understand, and that’s ok. Nobody is forcing them to segregate, unlike universities that simply did not accept POCs back in the day. Many choose to hang out with people that share similar upbringings and cultural practices. It just feels easier for them to be themselves, and it provides some comfort in a new place. [/quote]

So weird this is not obvious. We're talking literal shared languages, among other things. Of course you can make friends with and study with students from all different backgrounds, but it really helps to have people around who have some basic shared common experiences.

My student is definitely interested in both/and: strong support and cultural presence for bipoc in the context of a widely integrated campus and student body. [/quote]

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