IMO I find it odd that my friends in college went to high schools with no minorities or only a handful. can anyone else relate?

Can't relate to that, but.....
I went to HS with probabaly a total of 10 white people in all 4 grades period! It's funny because once I got to college the majority of my closer friends turned out to be white.

The neighborhood where I grew up was 100% white & mostly Catholic.

Right now, I live in a neighborhood that is partly in the Italian section of Pittsburgh. Not sure about my specific neighborhood (it's only 5 blocks long).

My college was pretty diverse for only being 750 people.

ztamiami, similar story. I went to school with a nice mix of people but he majority was black. Now that I am at school in Massachusetts demographics have flip-floped.

My elementary school and my neighborhood: ALL black

My HS and college: predominately Caucasian

My neighborhood: diverse

where do you live in dc?

Grew up ~> majority black (something like 60/40)

College~> black ;)

Current location~>white (the city is only like 8% black)

I love in Montgomery County, actually!

cool, My aunt lives in germantown. When I graudate I want to move back to the dc metro area, but the housing market is ridiculous. Hopefully in 2 years it will cool down a bit.

First Elementary School: Almost all white

Second Elementary School: Predominately white but more liberal-transferred there because the racism was so bad at the first elementary school.

HS: Pretty diverse, more white than any group, pretty intergrated.

College:Also pretty diverse, still more white than any other group, but very segregated.


I'm probably gonna get flamed for this: When a parent sends their kid to a school that is a different background from their own-they have NO idea what they are getting their children into!

The neighborhood where I grew up was almost entirely white, but the schools I attended were pretty diverse (the high school's racial percentages were nearly identical to national ones). Now that I'm in college, I'm back in an almost all-white environment (90 percent).

Dionysus, I really agree. I think everyone should have people they can identify with at a young age.

I agree, but I also feel you shouldn't grow up in a neighborhood like I did: no other races.

I hated it and as a 4 or 5 year old, I went out to Long Island, where it was predominately white, and the Caucasian children stared at me and I stared at them and I was fascinated, and a bit mad that I didn't have these different people to play with and ask questions of.

It was a big reason I chose the HS I did and the college I did in the town that I did!

I am from a "Army town" and we have almost every race you can think of living there....but all in a Southern background (if that makes sense...I mean it is TN for goodness sakes!)

I'm glad I have always been exposed to other cultures. I think it makes me a lil more open minded and tolerant.

When I was growing up in Cleveland, The neighborhood I live in was primarely Black and working Class.

Catholic elementary School: Black

Catholic High School( First Two Years) : white

Public High School( Last two years) : Diverse

College: Diverse

Current Suburb where I live: very Diverse