The Effects Of Racial Diversity On College Campuses

My pre-adolescent years were spent in a community thick with diversity. My friendships were as diverse as the environment in which I lived. It never struck me that racial and ethnic ideals separated people in society. However, upon moving to a predominately white upper-class community I began to question such racial and ethnic ideas. From my adolescent years through today I began noticing that certain people are viewed differently for reasons relating to race and ethnicity. As a result, the most recent community I grew up in has kept me sheltered from aspects of society. As a product of a community where majorities existed, I found myself unexposed to the full understanding of race and ethnicity. Prior to the class I had never fully dealt with issues of race or ethnicity, as a result I wondered why they would be of any importance in my life.

In The New York Times, the article “The Lie About College Diversity.” by Frank Bruni discusses his theory on college diversity.  Bruni explains that colleges are trying to enhance their campus. The college fails to get these diverse groups to go outside their comfort zone and intermingle. There are places where these groups can go to feel comfortable like housing environments, groups, fraternities, and clubs.  However, they fail to go outside these groups. The colleges should help make it possible for these different diverse groups to interact, socialize, and drive cohesion. This will help college students integrate better into real-world diverse environments.

Our racial ethnicity is influential in what we do in life, whether it would be with school, personal relations, or even job opportunities. There are many Americans today that hold racial prejudice against people of different color and different ethnicity, which as a result narrows many opportunities that minorities can actually have. In the essay “Race in America: “We Would Like To Believe We Are Over The Problem” Maryann Cusimano Love an associate professor of international relations in the Politics Department at Catholic University, addresses “To “get over” racial problems” (Love 387) we need to acknowledge them as well as the history of those racial problems in order to move forward as a multicultural society. Love reveals a study conducted by The University of Connecticut which shows “19 percent of the 14,000 college

Iverson uses critical race theory (CRT) to examine how discourses of diversity, circulating in educational policies, reflect and produce realities for people of color on university campus. Analysis reveals four predominant discourses shaping images of people of color: access, disadvantage, marketplace, and democracy. This article aims to enhance understanding about how racial inequality is reproduced through educational policies. CRT originated in the 1970s to contest the absence of attention to race in the courts and in law. Data from an analysis of 21 diversity action plans issued at 20 U.S. land-grant universities. Use of NVivo computer software designed for qualitative data analysis. He sought universities that had a diversity committee,

American society likes to believe that race relations in our country are no longer strained. We do not want to hear about the need for affirmative action or about the growing numbers of white supremacist groups. In order to appease our collective conscious, we put aside the disturbing fact that racism is alive and well in the great U.S.A. It hides in the workplace, it subtly shows its ugly face in the media, and it affects the education of minority students nationwide. In the following excerpts from an interview with a middle class African American male, the reader will find strong evidence that race plays a major role in determining the type and quality of education a student receives.

In “What Should “Diversity on Campus” Mean and Why?” various authors argue how it is difficult for women to get on a college campus, and to be comfortable on college campuses. In her article, “Trans Women at Smith,” Sarah Fraas, explains how difficult it is for transgender women to just apply to Women only universities: specifically, Smith’s. A study conducted by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force figured out that less than half of transgender students have been able to update their school information (Fraas). It has been stated that some of the students who tried were immediately rejected by their high school. Also, in another article “Muslim American Women in Campus Culture,” Shabana Mir argues how it is difficult for female Muslim American

On a personal level, society needs a shift in its approach to race. Instead of creating divisions, Americans should try to understand their biases. Recently, initiatives with this goal have sprung up in universities. Soon after the Civil Rights Act, many universities in America implemented affirmative action initiatives, which sought to level the playing field between white and minority applicants, the latter traditionally having a disproportionately low acceptance rate. Doing so increased the minority population on campuses and brought the issue of discrimination to the forefront of national attention. By acknowledging historical patterns of discrimination and taking explicit action to reverse that trend, a peaceful method to decrease racial inequality emerged. However, white applicants have protested affirmative action, labeling it “reverse discrimination.” Yet this only emphasizes the faults in racial understanding – members of traditionally privileged groups recoil at the notion of elevating minorities, not realizing that their lower starting place necessitates a boost later. For unity, both groups must reach a mutual understanding about race’s role in modern society.

This article is a qualitative article exploring the different literary perspectives taken on LGBT students attending HBCUs and some of the challenges that are faced by LGBT students attending HBCUs. The authors has also offered recommendations to help HBCUs bridge the gap between LGBT students and the campus environment. The purpose of the article is clearly stated from the beginning to the end. The authors begins by discussing the history of HBCUs, the reasoning behind having them and also the close relationship that HBCUs have with religious organizations, something that can cause a big issue with LGBT students. According to the Mobley & Johnson (2015) “Black church leaders are often cited for condemning LGBT populations within the Black

On the morning of November 9th, the president of the University of Missouri stepped down. The football players and their faculty pledged boycotting social events until this occurred. The request for the removal of the university’s president occurred because of his “inability to address a series of racist incidents on campus” (Zirin, 2015). The football players boycotting social events on this college campus created a race-based social movement to expose the racial injustices on their college campus. Black students and athletes have the power create race-based social movements to expose racial injustices on college campuses. This paper will focus on the issues of stereotyping, prejudice, and

"I am not a racist but . . .”: mapping White college students’ racial ideology in the USA " Is a fascinating article. The article attempts to get at the heart of the discrepancy between surveys and interviews in regards to how white Americans view racial issues in the US.

Race Becomes Tomorrow is highly recommended for first-year undergraduate students because it exposes the truth about race and the numerous inequalities created because of it. The book possesses the potential to change the reader’s perspective of race on their college campus. In a modern society that may seem post-racial, Sider enlightens his readers that the rights for minority groups are still being increasingly denied. The author successfully informs his readers about the importance of becoming aware of the struggles encountered by the people around them, encouraging them to unite together to make a change.

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

Do you know how diversity affects a college or university? Have you ever just wondered how diverse your college was? I have thought about his many times and think that Upike is a very diverse school. Upike is not only a great education provider but also a great example of diversity in central Appalachia because of the way this picture displays the enjoyment and happiness among students of different areas and ideas.

The racial climate at primarily white institutions has been widely publicized, especially as discussions about political correctness in American society have increased. The University of Louisville was criticized in 2015, when local news outlets publicized tensions present in the school’s honors dorm and the school’s president, James Ramsey, faced backlash for donning a Mexican garb for Halloween season festivities. The following literature review attempts to set a foundation for the discussion of whether or not students are prepared to interact with students from racial backgrounds different from their own, and whether or not students who have experienced discrimination in college expected to when they chose the University of Louisville.

Have you ever entered a public place and found your attention getting caught up in a giant, delicately decorated poster board hanging on the wall that kindly greets you with the word “Welcome” translated into a myriad of other languages? Have you noticed that more and more educational institutions, especially colleges, are starting to advertise and take pride in their campuses as having a diverse student body? As our world is progressing forward, people are gradually coming to a realization of the importance of fostering diversity on college campuses as well as in the workplaces. Newspapers and magazines have published articles that highlight the different benefits of maintaining a diverse group of individuals in schools, communities and organizations. Nevertheless, despite this increasing recognition and celebration of the countless advantages that racial diversity has brought to our day-to-day life, the emotional and psychological wellbeing for individuals of different racial groups is very often being overlooked by our society.