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Originally posted by Corbin Dallas:
Wouldn't NOT asking about race mean that they want to let a diverse atmosphere happen on its own? I think if I was a minority, I would rather apply to a college that didn't ask about my race.
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I see what you're saying. But look what happened BEFORE things like Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity. Places like schools and workplaces remained segregated. There is a chance that diversity would happen on its own, but there is a good chance it won't. For minorities, I think it's like, if we see a place where there aren't many of us, then we move on. It's honestly intimidating and awkward to be in a place where you don't have SOMEONE like you in terms of ethnicity. I think anyone would feel that way, whether you were white at an predom. black school or vice versa. I know first hand about this cuz before college, I went to a predom white high school. You could count the number of black people on one hand! I was VERY intimidated. I fortunately got over it and saw that everyone was really cool and I made great friends. But some of the black people that came to my school later on, ended up leaving cuz they couldn't get comfortable. So, for some people it's important to go to a school or work some place w/ many other minorities. If schools didn't ask about ethnicity to mix up their atmosphere, it would probably end up predominantly one ethnicity.
Also, if they didn't ask about race, then it could say to some people that they didn't care about them as a whole. Let me try to explain. It's like, for me, being Black is who I am, it's a part of what makes me ME. Therefore, to me, if a school didn't ask about my racial background, it could make me think, "Do they care about me in total? Or do they just care about my money I'm giving to them? Get it? It's hard to say over email. I think at times, being "color blind" is not that good. It's kinda like avoiding the issue cuz you know the issue (ethnicity) will just bring up controversy, etc. I'm not saying controversy is good, but a person's ethnicity is not going to change, therefore the "problem" is not going to go away. It's like you can run, but you can't hide. In this case, you can avoid it, but it's gonna be there no matter what so you might as well deal with it.
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[This message has been edited by ZChi4Life (edited November 01, 2000).]
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