@johnpfc3, not as diverse as a league with a 40%/30%/20%/10% ethnic breakdown, certainly.
California public schools have race blind admissions, what that has resulted in is some of the UC’s are as high as 60% asian. Is that diverse? Not really. Is it fair? Yes. Students are admitted on their stats, not to fill quotas. If an African American went to the campus of UC Irvine, would he think it was diverse? No. Not by a long shot.
As to the original question, even here in Southern California we are seeing a serious uptick in racism, racist incidents, and a general feeling that being racist is suddenly legitimized. I’m afraid it’s a sign of the times.
no s*** sherlock! thats my point!
Your point is that a school where the biggest ethnic group is only 40-50% of the population is diverse? You seem to be contradicting yourself there, @johnpfc3.
So, @socalmom007, would an African-American who went to a school that was 60% white find it diverse?
@PurpleTitan that depends, what percentage of African American students would this theoretical school have? UC Irvine, which is the example I gave, is 1.8% African American, 16% white students.
Seems like people replying in this thread are defining “diverse” mainly based on whether one’s own group is present in “sufficient” numbers.
@socalmom007 I agree with you. I think it is fair that admissions are based on statistics rather than race, however it is important to note that race-blind admissions do make schools not diverse. I would be lying if I did not admit that reality, thus my point is that the UC schools are not diverse since nearly half the school is Asian.
@PurpleTitan You don’t read do you? As I said earlier, if the population of a school is 40% white and 13% black etc etc. then the school is diverse because it mirrors the demographics of the US. If that school is 40% Asian when Asians are less 6% of total US population, then there is strong imbalance and thus a lack of diversity. And to address your point made against @socalmom007, a black may not find it diverse, however the reality is that they live in a country in which they are the minority and thus the school should not mislead them into believing they are not by inflating their population in a certain school by using quotas - that is discrimination.
Your debate is extremely irrelevant to OPs question and could result in it being shut down, may I suggest you cease?
@katokume People have asked you questions on both of your identical threads, and you have not responded. What do you want from the school? Do you want it to have a high asian population? Or do you just want it to have more minority representation in general? Asking what the “best school” is for asian americans is super vague, because for us to assume what asian americans want from US colleges would be a bit racist lol.
Or do you ( @katokume ) just want a school and location where there is less racism? Or some other reason?
Yes, following off of @ucbalumnus 's point, if you just want an (arguably) less racist location, I would pick colleges in states like CA, Oregon, Washington. Especially in places like the SF Bay Area, Seattle, and Portland.
PSA: The University of Alabama is an outstanding environment for Asian Americans and other other type of American that exist
Sorry for not saying anything, I guess I should’ve specified in the beginning. I’m just looking for an environment, where there are more Asian Americans in general and where minority representation is higher in general. Basically a place that is generally more accepting of everyone. I’d like to see an interracial friend group for once, which I have yet to see at PSU. I’ve heard lots of opinions and it seems the general consensus that I’ve gotten from many sources (not just this thread) are schools in NY, Massachusetts, Washington, California, Illinois are better in that regard. Please feel free to contribute any more schools
I think you’d do well in any of the urban schools – USC (or most schools in California, really!), NYU, GW, etc.