Racism at Rhodes?

Parent100
Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:52:53 +0000

I agree with Goose’s statement that a predominately white student body does not automatically equate to a racist student body. FYI, from the Common Data Set, find below the current racial breakdown at Rhodes. It does not cut and paste well so the full document can be found here: [Rhodes College | Common Data Set](http://www.rhodes.edu/ir/1328.asp)

My son is a recent grad of Rhodes and a racist environment would have been intolerable for him. He never once mentioned racism as a problem at the school. I imagine the level of racism found in at Rhodes mirrors the level of racism found in 18-22 year-olds in our society in general.

B2 Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category. Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution’s official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2013. Include international students only in the category “Nonresident aliens.” Complete the “Total Undergraduates” column only if you cannot provide data for the first two columns. Report as your institution reports to IPEDS: persons who are Hispanic should be reported only on the Hispanic line, not under any race, and persons who are non-Hispanic multi-racial should be reported only under “Two or more races.”
B2 Degree-Seeking
First-Time
First Year Degree-Seeking
Undergraduates (include first-time first-year) Total
Undergraduates (both degree- and non-degree-seeking)
B2 Nonresident aliens 12 43 52
B2 Hispanic/Latino 24 66 66
B2 Black or African American, non-Hispanic 34 120 120
B2 White, non-Hispanic 395 1,538 1,541
B2 American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic 1 8 8
B2 Asian, non-Hispanic 29 113 113
B2 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic 0 0 0
B2 Two or more races, non-Hispanic 23 63 63
B2 Race and/or ethnicity unknown 27 61 64
B2 TOTAL 545 2,012 2,027