<p>OK, let us be reasonable and not turn this thread into another thread about race. </p>
<p>OK. BU and NYU are full of gay people who are being persecuted just like African-Americans back in the day. BU and NYU are liberal schools in liberal cities. I don’t think you will have a problem.</p>
<p>Well, as Fordham 2013 pointed up, self segregation is a big issue. The question is, is it whites shunning minorities or minorities shunning whites? Probably both, though I think the blame tilts towards the minority side. It is not like the whites can create the “White Student Association”. Traditional Greeks come close though. </p>
<p>Either way, at most schools, people like to stick with their own ethnic groups. Nobody is racist, but not many people are keen on making friends with people from every ethnic group.</p>
<p>As a former Fordham student, I know exactly what you’re talking about.
Fordham is the lions den of Conservative, entitled, obnoxious twerps.
I’ve seen what they do, and I’m sure it’s even more disturbing for you, as you’re there as a minority student. </p>
<p>I transferred out to Columbia after only one year at Fordham. I hated that college.</p>
<p>My apologies if you’re not familiar with the term ethnicity, but yes, African-American is an ethnicity. Not once did I say it was a race, did I? So yea, the term can have meaning without falling into the misunderstanding that this classification falls into the category of a “race”, just like a member of the !Kung can be proud to be a member of that heritage without claiming that they are a member of a “race.” Spare me your unnecessary and unwarranted sarcasm.</p>
<p>Also, please point out to me the point in my post in which I claimed to be proud of my African-American heritage. Although it is true, I’m guessing that this was just an assumption on your behalf. Again, I can be proud to be a number of things, yet none of these would denote that I am defining those classifications as a race. Once again, race may exist, but it is only an arbitrary classification which stands with no biological merits. Ask a respected anthropologist, archaeologist or another member of a plethora of fields.</p>
<p>Moreover, certain diseases afflict our “race” more often, usually due to non-biological stimuli (i.e. hypertension being common among African-Americans due to what is perceived as the typical African-American diet.) I can’t respond to your last point because I don’t go around looking at other guys’ private parts, and see no point in making comparisons between “races” or any other guys for that matter, since I’ll never be intimate with them.</p>
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<p>Tay-Sachs is the result of inbreeding amongst Jews, I believe (I don’t really like to use that term, but that’s how it developed, essentially.) Sickle cell is an adaptation to prevent Malaria, and is not even endemic to all populations which are considered to be of the black “race” since they did not all originate from the same area of Africa when this adaptation developed. I believe that in order to be considered a race, all members of the group would have to hold these traits (not saying that all would have to suffer from sickle-cell, but they would at least have to carry the gene.)</p>
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<p>It is real in the sense that we make it real. In other words, it’s real because it’s a subjective distinction, but not biological.</p>
<p>Never mind. I’m derailing the thread apparently.</p>
<p>I can’t edit my statement, though. Don’t bother responding to my posts since the biological competency of race is not pertinent to this discussion. Sorry, OP.</p>
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I am happy that you can relate, Im actually thinking about transferring as well but I am not sure since I dont completely hate it here, I have this mindset that things will get better…
I guess I just wanted to know how did you go about transferring? </p>
<p>Do you like columbia better?</p>
<p>One of my biggest worries is that if i transfer next year, and attend the school of my choice as a junior, Fordham’s core curriculum will hold me back and I will be graduating in 5 or more years =/.
Any suggestion advice?</p>
<p>( sorry this does not go with the original topic everyone)</p>
<p>You’ll encounter ignorance anywhere you go. Skin color is just one of the many reasons. It can also be your nationality, your weight, your sex, your sexual orientation, your class… or anything else that makes you different in one way or another.</p>
<p>I also wish to cast a stone at Fordham. I’ve had a few great professors, but the student body… ugh. Both at LC and RH. I’m so glad I’m out of there!</p>
<p>@Fordham2013, if you’re serious about transferring then get in contact with Columbia’s admissions office and ask them what courses they accept from Fordham.</p>
<p>I don’t know if it’s the same for all Fordham transfers to Columbia, but for the most part, Columbia accepted all of Fordham’s core classes, but I’m also at Columbia SEAS and their core requirement isn’t as stringent as Columbia College. I did have to take a couple major classes over.
BTW, it’s more difficult to transfer to Columbia if you’ve been in college at another school for more than two years, so the sooner you apply, the better.</p>
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<p>LOL. For the longest time, I was convinced it was just me who detested that school and everyone else loved it. I feel more normal now that it isn’t just me.</p>
<p>Racism is everywhere (even at HBCUs). The sooner you learn how to accept it, the better. I haven’t had ANY problems at my large, in-state school (knock on wood), but I have noticed that black students (and international/Asian students) tend to segregate themselves, whether they intend to or not. </p>
<p>And this is coming from a black female who is in an interracial relationship. ;)</p>