Racial Conflict

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

I just don't understand why people view it as a problem. Everyone excludes. Black people often segregate themselves, and I fail to see anything wrong with that. They often have more in common with other black people, and share common interests and goals. I just think its stupid to go out of your way to achieve diversity. Once again diversity =/= mixed races. You can have plenty of diversity in an all white or all black group. If your group wants to have a lot of different cultures and view points in it, go for it, enjoy. As for my fraternity, the reason we joined a fraternity is to be around people with common interests. If I wanted to be in a multi-cultural environment with a host of viewpoints, ideologies and faiths, I'd have joined....THE WORLD.

Everyone excludes to an extent because much of it is segregation by choice. However, all segregation by race and class in this society is not by choice. What that exclusion and segregation entails is what the discussion should really be about.

Common interests, well generally speaking people don't give people of other races the benefit of the doubt when it comes to common interests. For instance, I find that many white people think that having something in common with a black person means having to listen to a certain type of music or say things like "some of my best friends are black" or "to me you're not black...I don't see color." They fail to see that there are black people in different social classes and with different interests who you can have fun with without having to feel cautious over the interaction. But these blacks are still very in tune with their racial identity and don't want others to gloss over it or make a caricature out of it just to be friends with them.

Don't just tolerate me, try to understand me and I will give you the same respect.