<p>I understand both your sentiments and theirs.</p>
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<p>In sentence one, you say it’s open to all races, but in sentence two, you call it a refuge and commonality amongst AA students.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, AA groups may be open to all races, but very few people of other races join. Personally, I’ve never felt welcomed by those types of groups. (International Students, Black Students, Multicultural Students, etc.) I don’t have a problem with it, because the club isn’t really meant for me. But my point is, if you join AA groups, you’re going to be around basically all AA students in these clubs.</p>
<p>The friends that you make in college are the people you surround yourself with. You might meet people in your classes (depending on your major and the size of your classes), but more than likely your friends are going to come from your dorm and the clubs you join on campus. If you join AA clubs and invest a lot of time in that, then you’ll have mostly AA friends.</p>
<p>I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing either. Your friends should be people who support you and who you feel comfortable around. I don’t think you’ll have a major problem with racism wherever you go. I really think that with the right attitude, you could fit in just fine at almost any university.</p>