<p>It’s ridiculous that people call this a study. It’s all common sense.</p>
<p>Love D.W. Plattsburgh. Some people here just dont get good old Arthur jokes.</p>
<p>I’m white, one of my roommates is black, one is latino, and one is asian; I got all my bases covered.</p>
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<p>A study found that the people who did this so-called study are a bunch of lunatics who do not have common sense because it makes us wonder , where on earth they have been to suddenly realize that " having college roommate of a different race reduces prejudice "</p>
<p>I think both the title of this thread and the summary are extremely misleading.</p>
<p>For one, it completely ignores that previous research found decreased prejudice among students with different-race roommates but those who roomed with Asian-Americans, the group that scored the highest on measures of prejudice, became more prejudiced themselves. Thats a direct quote from the article, and that no one else has quoted this in three pages leads me to suggest that people either didnt experience any cognitive dissonance between that statement and the title or simply didnt bother to read the actual article.</p>
<p>As a sidenote, the Times article itself is a bit misleading on that research finding. According to the one of the studys authors, [Dr</a>. James Sidanius](<a href=“http://www.discriminations.us/2009/02/what_are_the_benefits_if_any_o.html]Dr”>http://www.discriminations.us/2009/02/what_are_the_benefits_if_any_o.html), Exposure to Asian roommates does not increase prejudice against Asians. Rather, the data show that exposure to Asian roommates increases prejudice against blacks and Latinos, and decreases friendship heterogeneity and intergroup comfort among students of all ethnicities.</p>
<p>Also, it is rather interesting that the summary completely omitted the following: That same study found that randomly assigned interracial roommates at Ohio State broke up before the end of the quarter about twice as often as same-race roommates.</p>
<p>i also think that has to do with the location, Ohio state is in Ohio, traditionally majority white students from that area that may be a little bit less exposed to other races. I’m no apologist for other races, but alot of times in places like these people may seem racist due to their lack of interaction with other races.</p>
<p>However, when you look at places like my school (USC in LA), or places like NYU, Rutgers, etc etc where kids like us have grown up around each other I would say this studies findings are highly applicable.</p>
<p>Sometimes roommates just don’t get along. Just because a white student wants to move out because of problems with a black roommate, does not mean that its due to race. Everyone is different and sometimes those differences are really prevalent when your living in close quarters. I am sure that race can be a factor, just not always.</p>
<p>Arthur jokes, or any kind of jokes…Not appropriate to use the M word. Not there, not anywhere. Not in a parody. Not outside of one. If one is a little person, different social rules might apply, but that isn’t for me to decide.</p>
<p>“i also think that has to do with the location, Ohio state is in Ohio, traditionally majority white students from that area that may be a little bit less exposed to other races.”</p>
<p>Ohio State is in Columbus, where approximately 67% of the population is white, nearly 25% is black, and under 5% are Asian. Cleveland is 41% white and 54% black. Cincinnati is 52% white and 46% black. City kids in Ohio certainly have grown up being exposed to other races.</p>
<p>and you are all nuts for arguing over this stupid so called “study”</p>
<p>Please stuff the midget lecture.</p>
<p>^^^Amen, nerd855! :)</p>
<p>(in re post #40)</p>
<p>"I keep hoping to befriend a midget so that I can protest all claims that I dislike the height challenged…alas, midgets are hard to come by. " -Plattsburgh Loser</p>
<p>The word “midget” is considered a slur on the level of “spic” and “kike” and “chink” and the “N-word.” I know some Little People (my boss is one) and they’ve educated me about the “M” word. It’s insulting, even infuriating to Little People. </p>
<p>I know you didn’t know this -most people don’t- but now you do.</p>
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<p>I don’t wanna say you’re wrong but aren’t most of those areas heavily segregated based on socioeconomic factors? I’m sure Cleveland and Cincinnati is, dunno about columbus. But you also must realize that’s not that diverse, there’s only two races there. Diverse to me is a mesh of Spanish, Black, asian (all types of Asian), white, etc. I think of Northern NJ, NYC, LA, Atlanta, etc. as diverse. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>The kid apologized for using midget and someone told him already that it is a prejorative term. So can’t you give him a break?</p>
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<p>I don’t know but for me its been increasing</p>
<p>I selected my roommate online for this fall. She’s Asian. I’m black. It doesn’t really matter that much - I would have chosen someone white, black, hispanic, whatever, as long as she seemed like a good roommate for me.</p>
<p>Based on that quote (“…exposure to Asian roommates increases prejudice against blacks and Latinos, and decreases friendship heterogeneity and intergroup comfort among students of all ethnicities.”) I should be afraid. Very afraid. And yet I am somehow not…</p>
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<p>This could quite possibly be the dumbest thing I’ve ever read. No s h i t ?</p>
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<p>congratulations, you win the out of context quote of the day award</p>
<p>Ummm, you apparently missed my point.</p>
<p>Students with good SAT scores are probably going to make good grades in the first place, regaardless of whether or not they have a whitebread roommate… In other words, you fail.</p>