student01

I'm guessing that many people will either say yes or no, so to what degree do you think race-mingling happens at colleges?

QwertyKey

Sorta... Different races usaually like to throw rocks at eachother. If that counts as mingling then yes they do.

Other than that, there's not much interaction between different races. They sometimes yell racial slurs at eachother and such, but this is less frequent because it's not as fun as rock throwing.

My answer is sarcastic because your question is stupid.

student01

well obviously it seems stupid to you, but i haven't been to college yet, and you see that is why im asking the question......

PlattsburghLoser

No, everybody is still pis.sed off at each other.
So it's a lot of glaring and hissing when somebody of another race walks by.

hyakku

LMAO.

But I mean op it really depends, I guess if you were going to like BJU or something maybe they wouldn't but besides that generally they do.

For example, I'm black so of my close friends come from Australia, Greece, Florida, Hong Kong, Japan and France, and those are just the ones off the top of my head.

Fiyero

This is why it is important to have diversity in a campus. No one sets out thinking "I'm going to make a/an (insert racial or ethnic group here) friend today." Instead, you meet people through classes, in the dorms, or through friends and it happens naturally. If the student body is diverse, then mingling between groups occurs naturally, as it should.

bdl108

I can't believe this kind of question is still being asked. It's 2009 folks.

QuasiProfound

Yes.

10char

Venkat89

The question was horribly worded. People of different races do talk to eachother and befriend eachother. However, there is self segregation at many large universities. For example, I'm Indian and would say half of my close friends are Indian and a good number of my acquaintances are Indian. It just sort of happens. If you are a minority it's a little easier in a completely new situation to start a conversation with someone who looks like you (at least I found this to be true). Also, if you join a cultural club or group (i.e. X country/region club or Y type of ethnic dance) then many of the people you interact with will be of your ethnicity. I wouldn't say most people enter college saying "all of my friends are going to be my race" but it sort of happens with the activities you join.

student01

thank you, venkat, for being straightforward and answering the question. i like how your answer was very informative

Venkat89

YMMV though. I know people who want nothing to do with their cultural/ethnic/race stuff. I know others who come to college and make it their life. Personally, I've found that my friends in highschool were a lot more diverse (Indian, White, Jewish, Asian, Hispanic, African, etc.) while in college almost all of my friends are either Indian, White, or Jewish.

ginab591

No, because in college, any race other than white must sit in the back of the classroom. Some of the "hippy" schools might let other races into the same dining facilities, but not the same dorms or anything. That would be isanity.


Eh, I'm a little late on the sarcasm, but I was bored.

PlattsburghLoser

^ You must go to one of those "Heal the World" schools. They don't even let non-whites share the same classroom as whites, here.
And since I'm only half-white, they've made me position my desk halfway in the hall.

ginab591

Oh, no. How do you know which drinking fountain you're allowed to use?
I'm half Hispanic, which isn't technically a race, so would I have to just stand in the back corner? I mean, I can't possibly be allowed to sit like the whites right?

PlattsburghLoser

Hey, 1865 was a great year. A lot of stuff happened...I think.

I don't know, I'm not allowed to hear the entire lecture in my history class.

And no, I'm not allowed to use the water fountain - not even half of me. I just walk around campus parched.