African-americans self segregating at BS

redbluegoldgreen
Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:24:35 +0000

At my son’s school, we noticed his social group in his dorm was made up of a variety of URM groups including AA’s, Asian Americans and Latinos. The white students tended to clump together. It was noticeable.

He said to me that he couldn’t figure out why the white students hung out together when one reason to come to BS is for the diversity. The minority group is made up of mixed races and cultures and he is grateful for the experience.

We wondered why the dorm advisors didn’t make more of an effort to encourage more social mixing.