<p>Duke is an affluent, mostly-white (although diversity has improved markedly) private school located in a city that is predominately black and has had its struggled economically. Of course there will be challenges. I’ve spent tons of time in Durham and have discovered that certain sections of the city located close to Duke’s campus tend to have good relations with Duke (and the money that Duke’s students spend at their local restaurants and watering holes), but once you get outside these areas the people tend to become more apathetic. Not hostile or unfriendly, just apathetic. Durham doesn’t really embrace the “college town” role in the way that other, smaller communities do.</p>