<p>Hahaha, personally I find Eurofootball’s last post very funny. I love his sarcastic tone. </p>
<p>Racism in UVa has been debated quite a few times here in CC. A lot of UVa people admit that racism is ‘prevalent.’ I think the existence of racism is a limitation of UVa as a public school - Virginia has to admit at least 70% of instate students, and some of them are ‘rich-white-preppy-ignorant.’</p>
<p>Let’s make a point clear right now. In UVa, NOBODY will openly discriminate a minority group and promote racism. UVa hopes to create as diverse student body (in terms of race) as possible. </p>
<p>However there is no way UVa can argue that UVa is VERY tolerant towards other races or cultures (certainly not to extent its peers -Berkeley, UCLA or Michigan - tolerate). Racism in UVa is greater than its peer public schools, and I’m very certain that this concern towards discrimination made some of minority students decline an offer to UVa.</p>
<p>When international/minority students consider colleges among Michigan, UCLA and Berkeley (3 of the top 4 public universities) they think about the universities’ prestige, academic environment, student faculty ratio etc etc. When UVa competes with these, racism & discrimination becomes a factor of consideration along with other factors listed above. This was also a case for me, as I’m asian-american. </p>
<p>So my point is, UVa still has a tag of being a school with discrimination. Yes, in part because Charlottesville itself is, to some extent, filled with stereotypes.</p>