<p>i was reading the 100 best colleges guide and one student said that it is rare to see a black and white student interacting, in the cafeteria youll see different tables of whites, blacks, and asians and that minorities do their own thing on campus. is emory actually like this?</p>
<p>i've visited emory and i went through that hangout place... ugh i forget what its called its the one with huge plasma screens, lounge chairs, its above a cafe place. but anyways i noticed most kids stuck to their own races. the asians.. they really stick close together. i also saw most kids who seemed to be middle eastern and they were all sitting together. i know i'm not a student at emory, but from my visit, i have to agree with what 100 best colleges said.</p>
<p>There is self-seperation of the races at Emory, just like at all colleges. But it is not true that it is <em>rare</em> to see interaction between black and white students. Black students tend to interact more with other black students than their white peers do, but it is not rare to see interaction between blacks and whites. Many black and white students are friends with each other and interact frequently. As an example, I am white and I became friends with many black students at Emory last year.</p>
<p>Where self-seperation is particularly strong is between international (mostly Korean) students and non-international students. It can be quite noticeable, much more noticeable than that between black and white students. Being born in another country and speaking a non-English language seems to breed much more seperation than race does.</p>
<p>Overall, self-seperation between races exists to an extent, but there is plenty of interaction.</p>
<p>as an emory student, i can say that this impression isn't entirely true. many asians do hang out together but i think this is more because a great deal are international students. it is not the norm from my experience. for example, my roommate freshmen year was black while i'm white. we both had friends in the room of different races. he did have many black friends though because he was a member of a largely black step team. i really don't think it's uncommon to see people of different races socializing so there is no need to worry.</p>
<p><a href="http://transform.emory.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://transform.emory.edu/</a></p>
<p>A group has gotten together to explore the history and impact of race at Emory. See link above. I was a staff member in one of the community dialogues. Someone compared Emory to a microcosm of New York City...divided but together.</p>