<p>how would u describe the feel of emory and atlanta...</p>
<p>do minorities mix with non-minorities? (melting pot)</p>
<p>or do they segregate?!</p>
<p>its mixed more than most colleges in the south
some international students stick together which is understandable because of communication problems, but other than that it's pretty diverse</p>
<p>Agree with the above poster.</p>
<p>Race relations is an interesting topic when it comes to Atlanta. Atlanta draws a large African American community (years ago, AAs used to leave Georgia to seek out opporunties but now the reverse is true - AAs see the town as very desirable). Do the races mix? Yes and no. Atlanta is home to three African American colleges - Morehouse, Clark and Spellman. So there is a population here that chooses not to mix. Nevertheless, there is also a population that does intermingle without much thought. With a few exceptions, if there is a separation in Atlanta, that separation is mostly drawn, in my opinion, along economic lines rather than race.</p>
<p>i heard that there are not a lot of hispanics and asians in atlanta, is this true?</p>
<p>Emory has a massive amount of Asians. Not too many Hispanics at Emory, although the Spanish program is very strong.</p>
<p>There are many Hispanics in Atlanta though.</p>
<p>Atlanta is like any other big city when it comes to racial interaction. Interaction is mostly about income level and neighborhood, not race. Atlanta is different from other cities, though, in that it has more black people than most others, about 30% black and 60% white.</p>
<p>Emory:</p>
<p>20% Asian/Pacific Islander
9% Black/Non-Hispanic
4% Hispanic
52% White/Non-Hispanic
7% Non-Resident Alien
9% Race/ethnicity unreported </p>
<p>The most significant seperation is that between Korean born Asians and the rest of the student body. In general, Korean born Asians at Emory do not voluntarily interact with white, black, or American born Asian students. They don't really make an attempt to befriend the rest of the student body, and the rest does not make an attempt to befriend them. They pretty much only eat with one another in the cafeteria, they don't partipate in very many campus clubs or activities, they usually talk in Korean, and they even tend to house in certain dorms together (i.e. Harris). In my experience, they don't participate in class very much either. </p>
<p>Not as noticeable is the seperation between Blacks and the rest of the student body. Blacks tend to hang out with each other, but unlike Koreans they're integrated into the student body. They befriend students of other races, they speak English, and they participate in class as well as in a wide variety of clubs and other student-run groups on campus. Here's my anecdotal comparison: every pair of roommates between a white person and a black person that I knew resulted in friendship (including me and my roommate) ; however, the majority of people I knew who had Korean roommates did not become friends with them.</p>
<p>In short, the only seperation which is substantial is that between Asian born students and everyone else. Any other type of demographical seperation at Emory isn't interesting, resembling seperations that exist at all colleges.</p>
<p>I just have to say that, reading the title of this thread early in the morning as I did, I thought for a minute it would be about food. I'm a little disappointed. And hungry. :-)</p>
<p>i realized that atlanta had the most blacks looking at wikipedia. It also mentioned that the county in which emory was at had 60% blacks; I am wondering if this is also true since i have been told that Emory was in a white neighborhood.</p>
<p>are you afraid of black people?</p>
<p>Im just curious. Cant people ask questions without other people assuming things?</p>
<p>not trying to assume anything, that's why i asked the question. you see i was actually trying to avoid making an assumption by asking you first. i'm just wondering why you care what color the neighborhood is. what difference does it make? are you worried about the community not 'mixing' well? or are you associating black neighborhoods with higher crime rates?</p>
<p>i doubt that decatur is 60% black but i don't have data to prove that. i think, however, that the area around emory is divided more by income rather than race. it is a pretty wealthy city that seems diverse.</p>
<p>i am wondering because race relations in LA are obvious (especially if anyone has seen the movie crash) and I am wondering how the south deals with them, which i would assume is more racist than LA.</p>
<p>Neighborhoods are usually either all black, or all white (if u compare with inglewood / compton vs palos verdes or beverly hills or something). But in Atl, im noticing that some are black with white? is this correct?</p>
<p>i don't really think you can group all of the south together and assume it is still highly racist. i have never experienced anything like in the movie crash (funny enough i'm half persian ha). atlanta, as many have said, is not your typical idea of the south because it is a big city that has people from all over the country so the racial tension is not nearly as high as it seems in LA (apparently) and the rural parts of the south.</p>
<p>There is a HUGE Hispanic population in Gwinnett County (suburb to Atlanta) - but you won't see an abundance around the Emory area ... all the jobs for them are in the outskirts of ATL - in poultry plants, in construction, etc...</p>