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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rational thinkers understand that the attempts by selective colleges to socially engineer the perfectly balanced class is a farcical undertaking driven not by a genuine desire for better outcomes or an enhanced student experience, but by the misguided belief that they must hew to a socially progressive agenda. The payoff for all of this wonderful micro-segmentation of diversity is supposed to be a richer experience for students by facilitating interactions and understanding with people different from ourselves.  The truth is that you see more segregation on campus today than a decade ago with race specific clubs and housing and greek life and graduation ceremonies.  Ironically, the net result of the diversity explosion is a reduction in integration. So yeah, I think it's all a joke and the system is corrupt and rigged and ultimately so capricious that it makes little sense.  Thus, the only applicants I care about are my DC.[/quote]

This is so true. As long as there are clubs, organizations, learning communities, ceremonies, and events that invite or exclude based on skin color, we have made zero progress. My dd is a member of the admitted students Facebook group for the college she will attend this fall. Another incoming student just made a post saying she wanted to start a Snapchat group for Latina/Latino students only. I understand wanting to connect with people who share your culture. I don’t understand wanting to exclude those who do not. [/quote]

I don't know why people get so upset about people forming groups like this. That doesn't mean you only associate with Latinos.  My roommate in college was Chinese and was a member of the Chinese Student Association.  I'm not Chinese and went to all their parties and had a good time.  No one was upset I was there and I became friends with other members too.  I also had white and black  friends.  Like it or not, many Latinos probably come from a different socioeconomic background than your DD.  Some might be dreamers, some might have parents who are undocumented...Maybe having a group where they can discuss things free of fear of judgment is useful to them.  I think the goal is having all groups in our country having equal access to economic success.  You see segregation now because URMs sometimes still don't feel comfortable and accepted on campus because many are of lower SES.  Once there is economic equality people will live in the same neighborhoods, and second or third generation college kids won't feel the need to self segregate.  [/quote]

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