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[quote=Anonymous]Here’s what I noticed when I went to a majority white college.  White students occasionally complained about what they called “the Black tables”.  They didn’t complain about the football team tables or the drama student tables, or even the pre-meds who want to bond over organic chemistry tables. They didn’t complain about the Jewish tables or the students who ate at the Kosher Kitchen either.  What I eventually realized was that the students who complained saw the other student groups as individuals who shared commonalities.  They saw the Black students sitting together as “Black students sitting together” — and somehow felt threatened by this, yet rarely took the initiative to join in and share the table.

One of the reasons students segregate along racial lines is for the opportunity to interact with other students as individuals— instead of being someone else’s educational experience.  It gets exhausting, especially when you’re treated as an anomaly by those who view themselves as somehow representing the default, ideal, or norm.

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