<p>I know that by looking at the racial make up of the undergraduate population of USC there are many different races represented. But i have heard that despite the numbers people of the same race seem to only or mostly hangout with people from their own nationality and in turn this creates a separation and alienation from different kinds of people, is this true?</p>
<p>Not really... personally, most of my friends are Asian (I am Asian as well), but I have many non-Asian friends and spend a ton of time with them as well. It's not like in high school (well, my high school) where all the ethnicities hung out with each other, and each other only. Hope that helped.</p>
<p>Separation perhaps and maybe even alienation, but definitely not segregation. It's easy for a lot of people to stay in their comfort zones. But if you want to meet people from other backgrounds, there's nothing holding you back. It's not taboo if you hang out with people of different ethnicities.</p>
<p>I would completely disagree. My friends at SC are completely proportional to the racial make-up of the school. I'm white, and I have a lot of Asian friends, a lot of Indian friends, lots of Latino friends, black friends, Persian friends, Arab friends, Armenian friends. Most people are extremely accepting and race is irrelevant when making friendships.</p>
<p>I agree with above, but to use an example I know:</p>
<p>In my dorm, we had a group of Asians who would not hang out, or barely even talk with, non-Asians. We even tried having one of our Asian friends talk to them, but even he was "too-White".</p>
<p>But this is by far the exception</p>
<p>People are more likely to associate with ones with similar background and common interest so sometimes students "hang out" with peers from sam ethnicity.</p>
<p>Nationality is a totally different issue. Students from France would want to hang out with other French students who can speak French and are aware of French culture rather than with US students who have very little knowledge of France.</p>
<p>The girls on my daughter's dorm floor were every race or ethnicity imaginable -- i.e., my daughter's roommate was Hispanic, and she became good friends with girls who are Asian, black, Armenian, etc. The girls grew very close and many of them are rooming together in various groupings next year. So in that respect her experience was totally positive.</p>