<p>Sooo I received my roommate assignment Monday and I'm freaking out . I know this is horrible but I'm being completely honest when I say I do not want to be roommates with who I'm assigned to because she's white . She probably feels the same about rooming with me because I'm black . That's totally fine . I just do not want to be roommates with someone who isnt black . Would that be a good enough reason for my school to give me a new roommate, one who's actually my race ?</p>
<p>As Jerry would say, “Look to the cookie!” Just look to the cookie OP.</p>
<p>I highly doubt she also has a problem with rooming with you. I know I wouldn’t have a problem with a black roommate. </p>
<p>I mean… he’d be black… oh no… isn’t everything else the same?</p>
<p>You are both humans.</p>
<p>This makes me so sad.</p>
<p>I feel like more people would be upset if it was the other roommate asking.</p>
<p>you’re colorblind, shes actually white and you just don’t know it.</p>
<p>Or, you know, if it wasn’t 3:30am.</p>
<p>Of course the way society views white people and the way black people are viewed is completely different . </p>
<p>I just hope I can get another roommate though .</p>
<p>I hope they do give you a black girl. A really b*tchy, messy, annoying one. Hey, at least she’d be the same race, right? That’s all that really matters!</p>
<p>So other than the fact that she is… dare I say it… a different race, why does it make a difference?</p>
<p>Oof, if I had to room with a white person, I’d go crazy. I mean, what if she’d want to drink coffee? Or wear Aero clothing? Or do something else from the book “Stuff White People Like”?!?!</p>
<p>In all seriousness [if this question is serious, which I sincerely hope it’s not], most colleges have an anti-discrimination code that prevents roommate assignments/switches based on race/ethnicity/religion/etc.</p>
<p>This is ridiculous. I would have no problem rooming with a black person, or any other race. You are both people-this is college get over it. I’m sure it will be fine.</p>
<p>I’d look at this as a half-full situation…You’ll get to meet a wider variety of people through your roommate and you’ll probably feel a little more comfortable around white people. I mean it might be weird for a day or two, but eventually you’ll get used to her and it won’t matter that she’s white.</p>
<p>to bad so sad that there is no such thing as race.</p>
<p>I heard Obama wouldn’t let joe Biden spend the night at the white house for similar reasons. Grow up, College is about going beyond your comfort zone. I think it’s racist to switch roommates only because of their race, I’m hoping this isn’t for real.</p>
<p>Would you not take a job offer if you had to work with a white person?</p>
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<p>Sound advice. </p>
<p>OP, get over yourself.</p>
<p>Rather than expressing how much this makes me sad, I’ll just say that maybe this will be a good experience for you. I’m white, but one of my good friends is black. About a week before our high school graduation, she and I were hanging out with a few of our other friends, who are also white. This girl was talking about how, before she came to our school, she had never had any friends who weren’t black. However, because our school is so small and has a predominately white and Asian student body, she was forced to spend time with people outside of her race – and made some lifelong friends in the process. She overcame her initial prejudices and became more comfortable around people of different races.</p>
<p>Maybe you’ll learn something, too. Don’t be so close-minded.</p>
<p>If the college allowed you to switch for such–let’s just be honest–racist reasons, the college itself would be viewed as racist. So no, they’re not going to let you switch. I’m going to echo PlattsburghLoser: get over yourself. Half the fun of college is that you get to broaden your horizons and meet new people.</p>