African Americans

BottlecapBlues
Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:44:35 +0000

@Ezra: I’m black and I plan on attending as well. At first I was a little concerned about this topic, but over the summer I spent weeks at UT Austin attending various camps. I know that a summer camp can’t truly give me the full spectrum of the actual students attending, but my general experience definitely eased my worries.

Outside of the camp participants and within I did notice that there were few black people around. (Let me explain the camp participants) They usually consisted of mostly white, asian, and hispanic/latino people. I surely wasn’t the only black person though. Honestly I don’t even recall any of us black people hanging around each other anyways so it was never even significant.

Outside of the camp while there were still few black people, I could tell that the ones that I saw had a deeper sense of comradeship. I also saw some hanging around in more diverse environments. No one of any race made me feel slighted in any way.

Anyways, my point it that I was never made to feel uncomfortable. I know this testament is pretty weak but I’m not concerned about race issues. However, everyone has there own experiences and are effected by them in different ways. Maybe I’ll see you there in fall 2011?