| I don't know that all areas of the country are the same. In some areas of the country, for example, there are plenty of blacks. In other areas, there aren't any. So sometimes a kid can unknowingly step into a vacuum where they truly are one of the only black people a lot of students know.
I also think that some of the kids on this forum are mixed-race and that has its own issues. A kid who is mixed race may feel particularly torn if a school is polarized, depending on how he/ she was raised. They may feel a little lost in a school with strong back traditions because they don't know what Jack and Jill is and they don't want to choose between a white and a black greek group. For them, it may be easier to be at a school with a smaller black population because, in the absence of such organizations, they may feel less pressure. |