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Originally posted by bethany1982
Some minorities do achieve as much or more than whites. I don't believe that society in general holds anyone back who is able to compete on their own. Perhaps certain cultures have different expectations of their members than others, both high and low.
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That fact in and of itself makes the difference...
Certain cultures DO have different expectation its member's achievements...
It may be one thing to GRADUATE from high school and goto college--which many young people are told in underrepresented communities...
It is completely another to matriculate through college, GRADUATE with honors and obtain viable employment or go to graduate or professional school...
In my arena, most folks are telling their children--goto college and be like your cousin "so-n-so"... Forget the fact that one has to REGISTER for classes to be in college... The whole cultural understanding of academia is being misunderstood by non-mainstream cultures...
And if the college/university itself does not have a "culture within a culture"--which just the reality of the situation--then success rates for students of color, especially underrepresented student's retention rates are seen as lower... Or worse, folks just do not see the need to apply...
Hell, I would NOT apply to UCLA right now, because I wouldn't want to be told that I am not good enough to be there... I would rather be able to prove to myself that I failed any given test because I lacked the understanding of the material or chose not to study rather than thinking that the professor or my classmates were racist...
That is why many in the African American community would choose to go to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) because they just want to circumvent suffering that kind of pressure. At the same time, the HBCU's are inherently unequal and do not have similar resources as mainstream colleges and universities...
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