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<p>I would have some concerns about how students who encounter cliqueyness by avoidance will deal once they find they need to attend colleges where the majority aren’t of their race, ethicity, religious group, etc. </p>
<p>For instance, how would they deal with the fact that many colleges…including mine when I attended have a substantial White majority(74% when I started college) or that certain workplaces may similarly have majorities where most aren’t of one’s race, ethnicity, religion, etc?</p>
<p>Many of my workplaces…especially in the Boston area were majority White or sometimes South Asian. Even in majority East Asian-American situations, I don’t always fit in because I’m not of the “right” ethnicity, family coming from the “right province”/speaking the “right dialect” of Chinese, political leanings/family experiences, degree of assimilation, SES status, etc. </p>
<p>Heh…sometimes, I encounter issues even within my own extended family. </p>
<p>What’s more ironic is that due to my background/life experiences, I’m much more likely to have similar reactions as you did with such cliquey families at Stuy. </p>
<p>However, when I did experience them, I didn’t let that stop me from going to the school or surviving to graduate…despite the best efforts of some Stuy teachers/admins. 
:D</p>