Diversity On Campus' Mean And Why Analysis

Racial diversity is something that is often discussed on college campuses. As a student who self-identifies as a minority in more ways than one I often feel like I have a pretty good understanding of the subject of racism and race. However, often times when these issue are discussed I learn something new; this was the case when reading the articles this week. This week’s articles examined the issue of race from different perspectives. This allowed me to re-examine the issue in a fuller manner; it also allowed me to question some of my own notions that I hadn’t really challenged before.

Diversity on college campuses has increased, which has let people assume that racism decreased and acceptance expanded gradually, however minorities still face prejudice and discrimination. Harvard University presented a research where they gathered college students from 4 particular public universities and questioned them about the social behavior they have experienced or witnessed. In the contrary, they discovered that college students have encountered racist comments or negative facial expressions towards them from Caucasians (Caplan, page 31). This has led to propositions for instance, improving social conduct between children in school, more gratification in regard to one’s culture and positive outlook toward the culture of others because America’s obsession with race and racial attitudes continues to affect individuals emotionally. It is urgent to spread diversity at a younger stage of life, for upcoming children that are starting school. The need of role models around the nation is necessary and relevant to help multicultural education in the schools. Diversity has become significant since people all over the country are passionate about others knowing where they come from and making it possible of a more diverse society in the future.

People often have an inaccurate picture of reality. Most people consider themselves friendly, forgiving, and welcoming human beings. They believe they have a sound sense of morality, adhere to their foolproof policies of right and wrong, and promote righteousness. Unfortunately, through the eyes of transgender students, this is rarely the case. Although The Title IX law is supposed to defend them from discrimination, sexual harassment, and bullying (Source A), the success of this vague list of rights is nonexistent.

Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville is a school that supports diversity. I would recommend partnering with them.

When the duchess of Windsor once said “A woman cannot be too rich or too thin.” No this does not apply to man. Men hold a different standard then woman are, it is okay for man to date woman with a lot of money and nothing is ever said about the man except that he must really love her. But if we flip it the other way around and a woman mad the statement that a man could never be to rich or too thin, then we have a whole new ball game. Woman would be ridiculed for making such a statement. People would say she is only dating him for his money, she is nothing but a gold digger, she does not love him she only loves the things he can buy her, or the places he can take her, she is just looking for someone to take care of her. They way society looks down on woman is not fair. It is discrimination to say that a woman cannot be happy with a man because he makes good money and is educated without people judging her. They always assume that there is an underling reason that she is with a wealthy older or younger man, and it can never be simply because she truly loves him.

In Fraas Sarah article, “Trans Women at Smith: The Complexities of Checking “Female” states, “Imagine a women’s college that accepts all women.” Adding on to what I said earlier, many people need to accept people by who they are. Age, identity, religion, race should not determine who the person is. Every single person has there own unique life and people need to not judge but accept it. “It might surprise some that this women’s college does in fact exist -- in Oakland, Calif. Mills College

College universities should actively strive to make their campuses racially diverse for the benefit of their students and society.

In the summer time of 2015, it was shown in a CNN article that “two-thirds of Americans were in favor in gay marriage” soon to become a law change in most states to make it acceptable for people of the same sex to live together as partners and live the life they wish to as a married couple. This quick acceptance in our country shows the urgency of openness to everyone around, prior to the summer of 2015 an issue that our country faced was the issue of acceptance of others that would classify themselves as a member of the LGBTQ community. As the campus of Southeast Missouri State University constantly breaks new records of enrollment and students choosing to live on campus the universities new President is embarking on a new way to market the university, diversity. As the acceptance with members in the LGBTQ community, more and more students are opening up at home, expressing and or finding out their true selves in their college years. Limiting the residence halls to same birth sex only is limiting the growth as individuals of the new students who come in that might be included or interested in the LGBTQ community. Some students are afraid to come out expressing themselves, having the opportunity to room with a person who is of the opposite gender or “trans” can be very beneficial. Like in the article “So Roomie, Let’s Talk” students don’t always understand one another’s diversity which can lead to some very terrible things. “Bullying peaks in middle school and decreases in high school but can continue in college.” Students are constantly facing peer pressure and judgment in the story by Slotnik the two roommates barely communicated amongst each other, once the truth came out about one of the roommates the others life soon ended.(Slotnik) If the campus would allow its students to choose everything some students' identities might be

Sophia Kerby speaks out about why we need diversity on college campuses. She uses research on Fisher Vs University of Texas to challenge college and universities to make change in their admission policies. Kerby states, “If the Court bars the use of race in admissions, it will erase 50 years of progress and threaten universities’ attempts to make college campuses more diverse and inclusive” (Kerby, 2012). Kerby understands that every college and university cannot use race as a way help with diversity in intuitions. So, it’s important as a country that we continue to allow equal opportunity to higher education base on fairness to all. Kerby has 10 interesting reason why we need diversity on campuses for all students. One of the ten reason are

Bridging the gap between LGBT communities and HBCUs was something that I didn’t think needed to be done because wouldn’t a system of universities and colleges that promote diversity be mindful of those that it is letting down. By creating areas in which LGBT communities can be open and themselves in college could be helpful not only for the students, but also for the faculty and staff that may also want to help that community or are a part of that community but cant. This article gave me ideas on how to give a safe space and incorporate openness to the LGBT community among adult learners and educators. By learning of the solutions that the authorss given, the studies and findings from other reports I’ve come to learn so many different methods on connecting with LGBT students without ostracizing them for being who they are. The article was written well with the intent of the article, the framework, and findings of the study clear and understandable to the reader and those who could use this article for their own research on the topic. It is organized to give you the information on the past relationship of HBCUs and the LGBT community, how the study came to be, the methods that they used for the study and finally the results and conclusion of the study. The authors has given us details on how solutions have benefitted the LGBT communities that are at HBCUs, the HBCUs that have made the changes for their LGBT student base and the methods that will improve the college experience for

Racial Diversity is described as the quality of having many different races or cultures represented in an organization. Racial Diversity has remained a constant battle on the campus of The University of Alabama since the time of the Stand in the Schoolhouse Doors. We have taken tremendous strides since then to expel acts of racism, but we must not foster clubs of exclusivity if we want to unite the Campus. Racism is a problem on campus today, as described by the “We Are Done” protesters. Other issues are: the Exclusion of African Americans in the traditionally White Greek system, and buildings named after white supremacy leaders. Along with the political coalition, the “Machine,” as problems that need to be addressed by our University

Diversity is common among all ages, even children show diversity. But what determines it? In The Importance and Benefits of Diversity, by Sara T., she explained that: “Diversity is not always just what background you come from but is any unique difference between human beings. Diversity includes physical appearance, religious belief, and race but your opinions and thoughts and the impact they make on society are also part of diversity.” This shows us that diversity can come in many forms, but to grasp a more firm definition, let’s look at The Impact of Diversity on Campus by Ashley Henshaw: “On a college campus, “diversity” refers to the variety of people and experiences to which students will be exposed.” Along with that we have to consider multiple factors that are about day-to-day life as Sara T. mostly stated: Religion, cultural background, geographic location, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation and ability. So with you, the audience, now understanding how is it form, let’s move on to the next topic: How does the influence of other people

Setting the proper context gives due diligence to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, (LGBT) community. It shows the great effort put forth in fighting for equality. Setting the proper context requires research of historical and statistical data, which are limited. A majority of the population wishes to suppress the efforts in achieving LGBT equality. Illustrating a historical overview creates a timeline of the major events leading up to the role colleges and universities have in the United States in bringing awareness to the social awakening concerning LGBT issues. By changing curricula, higher education raises awareness of its faculty and students. This provides a safer environment for LGBT students, and helps prepare heterosexual and cisgender students for the diverse world they will encounter after leaving their college/university.

To conduct my research I am first going to decide the purpose of my survey, which is to gain knowledge of peoples exposure to diversity and how that effects there social interactions on campus. I will then decide on the question I will ask and the type of question I will choose to use. For my particular choice of research I will chose to do a combination of open end and multiple choice questions. I choose the combination of the two because I would like to be able to get a more personal response and allow respondents to express their with the use of the open end questions, and having multiple choice questions just to get a view on how they feel about specific topics. To help strength my multiple choice answers I will use the lickert Scale because the structure will give my participants realistic answers to my question but not necessarily put words in their mouth. I will then decide what to ask in my survey that will give me the answers to my research question. When coming up with the question I must avoid putting my opinion in the questions and make sure in my questions the answer that I am trying to discover is clear.

Although MBU appears to accommodate well for transgender students, there were present discrepancies in its mission statements and trainings that illustrate the University as a nondiscriminatory organization. It possesses inconsistent policies and practices evident in how its leadership refused to acknowledge the issue facing transgender students; however, it does not institute a policy mandating leadership to unlearn their biases against this population. It incorporates the transgender concept within its separate course; however, it does not in its freshmen orientation course, BOLD 101. Professor and BOLD advisor, Doris Dodson raised concerned regarding whether faculty receives any training in understanding LGBTQ and transgender diversity issues, in which she responded, “as a faculty advisor, I wasn’t required to participate in any training.” Furthermore, MBU has leadership that only recognizes the issues but lacks a policy to address the issue. President Fox and MBU’s Transgender Task Force approved the recommendations that would implement sex and gender identity within its admission’s policy; however, it was rejected by the Board of Directors who requested the language remain vague and wanted to make decisions for acceptance on a case by case basis.