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Originally posted by librasoul22
I never said that having a "diverse" environment would be helpful, either. In fact, even in the face of diversity, most people tend to self-segregate, so there ya go.
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Right. I've seen the self-segregation thing happening at my school (which is far from diverse anyway) and I think part of it is due to affirmative action policies. Like I said before, there are plenty of white/Asian students who think that the only reason Hispanics and blacks are here is because of their race, thus they are stupid, thus they are not worth talking to. So beyond the self-segregation that takes place in less racially-charged situations, there is a lot of race-based hostility at this school flowing both ways.
That's why I think that when affirmative action policies are implemented they have to be used carefully. But I also think that there are plenty of people out there that need to be more open-minded about AA policies.
Diversity isn't helpful in cases where self-segregation is the norm. But I think that that is another whole battle entirely.