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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WIS sounded like a hot mess to us when it comes to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging and they tried to hide behind being “international.” Their admissions person actually says that they like to have some percentage of non-international kids for the benefit of the international students and families - so they can feel connected to DC/USA. We heard nothing about why that would be good/positive for the non-international kids. Sounded a lot like white people saying they want a few but not too many POC around for the benefit of white people. We were totally turned off. We are UMC African-American.[/quote]

WIS’s racial problems are a mirror of the world’s racial problems. WIS is not just dealing with race through the American lens. The school is looking at it through the French and Spanish lens as well, not to mention Latin American and African lenses. Ghanaian and Nigerian families can have very different perspectives of race.

There is a lot of work to be done in America alone. When it comes to the entire world, there is even more. WIS is a work in progress, as is the world. The school doesn’t have a solution for the entire world, but it is a place to converse. That is the benefit for the American student should the American student want it: an understanding of the wider world[/quote]

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