<p>MSC2013, I doubt you are going to find much “overt racism” on any college campus today. However, college campuses differ widely in how much different groups mix: do the engineers socialize with the women’s studies majors or do they mostly socialize among themselves? Do the black kids live with the Asian kids or do they segregate into different communities (e.g. through fraternities)? I thought that’s what you meant by “segregation” because that’s the primary form of segregation on college campuses today. </p>
<p>Segregation in this context is not necessarily a bad word. It just measures how diverse your everyday experience will be like.</p>
<p>I don’t want to end up arguing about semantics, but I did want to point out that you are actually “actively avoiding” much interaction with non-AA folks by making an active decision to socialize with AA groups. Again, that’s not a priori a bad thing. Your time is limited and you can only socialize with a limited number of people. How you choose those people is up to you.</p>