Is Duke clique-y?

p_hp_fan
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:20:44 +0000

I think self-segregation does occur a lot. Whether it’s disproportionately more here than at other places, I’m not sure.

The problem with “Is Duke blank?” questions is that there isn’t really any one thing that Duke is. There is no “Duke community”, but there are myriad communities within Duke. Some of those communities are very diverse and others are not (this also depends on what you mean by diversity: are you talking about race, gender, sexual orientation, communities of only students, communities of only Americans, etc.). No student here is in just one community. Further, Duke doesn’t manufacture its communities, its people do. So if you come here it’s going to be largely up to you to create a community that you’ll be happy to be a part of. Don’t think that “Duke” is going to stop you…“Duke”, in that sense, doesn’t exist.