<p>I think it’s pretty absurd how much I’ve seen on this site about Duke’s purportedly unique issues with interracial interaction or discrimination or what not. Duke has relatively more students of different ethnic backgrounds than practically all the other top schools in the country (10-12% Black, 7% Latino, >20% Asian, and increasing with every class), and the self-segregation that does occur is by no means unique (MIT’s Chocolate City, Stanford’s Ujamaa, Wesleyan’s Malcolm X House…). I believe it’s somewhat amplified socially by the Greek system but, to be honest, the extent to which you will have a diverse group of friends is really up to you. Duke gets a bad rep because students here do not for the most part try to sell an unrealistic portrayal of the school, unlike the situation at a lot of other schools with more insecure undergrads. The fact that people here talk about issues with self-segregation is a good thing. (Check out <a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=32777[/url]”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=32777</a> to see example of another school with the ■■■■■■■ to actually address the issue.) If you wanna go to a school where people are living in a fairyland of political correctness, this isn’t the place to be. If you want to actually deal with issues that are omnipresent in the real world and, as a result, be a much stronger person then I’d encourage you to take a closer look at the place.</p>