<p>I go to a top 10 LAC in the northeast and I personally haven’t faced discrimination (although, I have had dinners with other students of color and they claim that they’ve faced discrimination during their college career). But yes, there are more schools than others where non-white students face discrimination. However, what you must realize is that there are “*******s” everywhere you go. You could be at the most relaxed school and still encounter arrogant people.</p>
<p>I go to a top-ranked school in the Northeast that’s about 30% Asian. My friends make more racist jokes about Asians than you would believe. My sister attended a similarly highly ranked school in the Midwest that also had a large Asian-American population. There was an incident there where a group of Asian students were assaulted. She encountered plenty of anti-black racism there, mostly in the form of micro-aggressions, as I do at my school. There was plenty of anti-Hispanic discrimination. Her school had a big problem with classism as well. My school has had issues with homophobia and sexism. I’ve heard Islamophobic comments from time to time. And all these comments have come from people of all different colors and orientations and persuasions. I encounter few people who are uniformly accepting.</p>
<p>None of these are huge overarching issues that define our lives though. Most of the comments are made behind the backs of anyone who would be offended. They’re fairly minor annoyances; the background noise for our lives. Your friends will likely encounter no more discrimination spending a weekend at a PWI than they do living their lives anywhere else.</p>
<p>Most universities try to increase diversity.</p>
<p>I go to a top LAC in the Midwest where there have been several racial incidents in the last few years. I personally haven’t faced anything more than hair petting and ignorant comments (a student once called my last name “exotic”), but I know of many other who claim racist remarks/actions from fellow students and faculty. My school is somewhere around 85% white, and while the administration tries to increase diversity and racial awareness on campus, there are still those students who don’t understand why certain things they say are racist. My advice is to make prospective students aware of any racial incidents or tension on campus, then let them decide for themselves whether or not they want to attend.</p>
<p>Can we get the perspective of some actual Non-Whites? LOL.</p>