Roomate Lists Racial/Ethnic Preference

CPUscientist3000
Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:23:08 +0000

Someone who feels more comfortable living with someone of their own ethnicity/culture isn’t necessarily racist. Especially if the person is African American, Latino, Asian, or Native American, there’s a high chance they’ve experienced things with people of other races that made them uncomfortable. I would prefer to live with someone of my own ethnicity (we didn’t get a preference for anything) because I don’t want to get 1000s of questions about my hair and certain things I do with it when going to sleep. A Caucasian person could also prefer to live with someone of their own race, especially if they’ve never/hardly ever come in contact with other races. College is new territory and for many people they’ve never been around so many people “not like them” on the outside. Give your roommate the benefit of the doubt. Don’t judge before you get to know.