<p>Michelle Obama’s experience with having a black roommate is a nice example of why colleges want to have diverse student bodies: college is probably the only time in life in which people have the chance to be so closely associated with others who differ from them in race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, etc.</p>
<p>Even though Michelle and her roommate weren’t that close, I’m sure that rooming with a black person helped expand the roommate’s mind about black people in general.</p>