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Anonymous wrote:As far as reach-schools, what percentage of the college are BIPOCs, and is diversity likely to sway your child’s decision?

It will probably sway my kid's decision. Her public HS school is extremely diverse...Black (20%), White (30%), Hispanic (25%), Asian (20%), 2+ and other (5%). Numbers are rounded estimates.

As she's considering at schools, she's looking at the diversity numbers & definitely notices on visits to universities.

Does she count skinny vs fat? Our public HS is about 60% overweight and my daughter wants to be around people who won't silently judge her for having a preference.

She will find fewer fat classmates at place like U. Of Texas or Florida.

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Anonymous wrote:I am very happy that I went to one of the problematic "non-diverse" schools mentioned in this thread. Among other things, I'm happy I didn't have to deal with whatever is going on here. "Oppression Olympics" is right.

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I had thought at this point (2025) we would be past the sorting of people into their various boxes and the "oppression olympics," as you put it. Clearly, a certain segment of the population has no plans to let that go.

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Anonymous wrote:As far as reach-schools, what percentage of the college are BIPOCs, and is diversity likely to sway your child’s decision?

It will probably sway my kid's decision. Her public HS school is extremely diverse...Black (20%), White (30%), Hispanic (25%), Asian (20%), 2+ and other (5%). Numbers are rounded estimates.

As she's considering at schools, she's looking at the diversity numbers & definitely notices on visits to universities.

Does she count skinny vs fat? Our public HS is about 60% overweight and my daughter wants to be around people who won't silently judge her for having a preference.

What a ridiculous statement! How would one even know bodyweight stats? Ethnic diversity stats are published in our school district.

She has friends across each of the groups & wants to continue making friends who aren't only white.

Anonymous wrote:I am very happy that I went to one of the problematic "non-diverse" schools mentioned in this thread. Among other things, I'm happy I didn't have to deal with whatever is going on here. "Oppression Olympics" is right.

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Anonymous wrote:As far as reach-schools, what percentage of the college are BIPOCs, and is diversity likely to sway your child’s decision?

It will probably sway my kid's decision. Her public HS school is extremely diverse...Black (20%), White (30%), Hispanic (25%), Asian (20%), 2+ and other (5%). Numbers are rounded estimates.

As she's considering at schools, she's looking at the diversity numbers & definitely notices on visits to universities.

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Anonymous wrote:So what are we to infer from this thread? Many whites do not value diversity? You just tolerate non-white people? And that you'd be equally as happy to be at an all white institution. I find this utterly depressing.

Also you keep asking if we are in more "woke" times, but for many of us, this is our current reality. I don't want to send my kid to a school that only has 3% of other kids that look like him. That sounds horrible.

It means that people value other things more than just what their classmates look like. We all have our own priorities.

But that is not it. Lots of people on this thread saying people who value being in a diverse environment are “woke” or crazy. It’s not just that some people don’t care, they actively denigrate those who may consider diversity at all.

No, I am denigrating people who can’t write a post about diversity without being righteous. Just because one values diversity one is not better than wide swaths of the country that are less diverse.

If you don’t believe diversity is important and your kid does not, why does it matter to you that others find it valuable? Is there any way that someone can express that opinion (on an anonymous message board, natch) that doesn’t strike you as performative?

A different example - I have found generally vegetarians to be annoying. Mostly because I agree with them on the morality of industrial meat production that I support through my purchases. Obviously if a friend is vegetarian, I am not at all annoyed if she chooses a vegetarian meal when we go out to dinner together. However, if someone starts talking about slaughterhouses or even why vegetarianism is healthier for her, I recognize myself wanting to change the subject. It’s because I think I should perhaps try eating less meat but really there are reasons why I don’t want to. I think it’s the same with this whole topic. People tend to think there is value in diversity as a whole but get annoyed when having to confront for themselves how low they prioritize it. It’s why they feel others are “lecturing” them. If you truly thought it was crazy talk, you wouldn’t care.

I don’t have an issue with diversity, just people who are pompous. If you can’t express yourself without sounding like someone with a superiority complex, you need to work on you.

The pomposity immediately came on this thread from people ridiculing kids and parents who value it.

Nope, from the get go we got my kids don’t want to mix with white kids from non diverse parts of the country and highly selective schools that I don’t think are diverse enough for my kid (Wake and Davidson) are their safeties. I guess folks here are pompous and insulting all the time so they don’t have self awareness of how they come off.

Most countries are non-diverse. You will have to learn to deal with people from non-diverse places.

The rationalizations for UMC white kids to go majority white colleges are endless. As if going to Notre Dame or Boston College is going to help someone who ends up in Japan or the Democratic Republic of Congo.

But going to a diverse school with lots of international students just might.

You sound clueless. Both ND and BC have a fair amount of international students and racial diversity.

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Anonymous wrote:As far as reach-schools, what percentage of the college are BIPOCs, and is diversity likely to sway your child’s decision?

It will probably sway my kid's decision. Her public HS school is extremely diverse...Black (20%), White (30%), Hispanic (25%), Asian (20%), 2+ and other (5%). Numbers are rounded estimates.

As she's considering at schools, she's looking at the diversity numbers & definitely notices on visits to universities.

Does she count skinny vs fat? Our public HS is about 60% overweight and my daughter wants to be around people who won't silently judge her for having a preference.

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Anonymous wrote:As far as reach-schools, what percentage of the college are BIPOCs, and is diversity likely to sway your child’s decision?

It will probably sway my kid's decision. Her public HS school is extremely diverse...Black (20%), White (30%), Hispanic (25%), Asian (20%), 2+ and other (5%). Numbers are rounded estimates.

As she's considering at schools, she's looking at the diversity numbers & definitely notices on visits to universities.

Does she count skinny vs fat? Our public HS is about 60% overweight and my daughter wants to be around people who won't silently judge her for having a preference.

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Anonymous wrote:As far as reach-schools, what percentage of the college are BIPOCs, and is diversity likely to sway your child’s decision?

It will probably sway my kid's decision. Her public HS school is extremely diverse...Black (20%), White (30%), Hispanic (25%), Asian (20%), 2+ and other (5%). Numbers are rounded estimates.

As she's considering at schools, she's looking at the diversity numbers & definitely notices on visits to universities.

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