Why do college kids hang out with their own ethnicity?

<p>amen to that</p>

<p>I go to a highly diverse private boarding school and have found that yes, people do self-segregate. However, it is not by race but instead by cultural origin. An Asian that has been raised within the surrounding suburbs will hang out with others from those suburbs (predominantly white people). The people raised in the inner city tend to hang out with others raised within the inner city. And those from outside of the country tend to hang out with other international students. I conclude therefore, that it is not about ethnicity as much as it is about the culture within which you were raised. One will naturally feel more comfortable with those who are like the others that they have lived with throughout their lives.</p>

<p>I say this all with the understanding that yes, many like to get to know others from other cultures. </p>

<p>What I just posted is not always the case, but from what I have studied predominantly the case.</p>

<p>i honestly do not know why college kids do this i am black and i have a very diverse group of friends, some of my best friends are even jewish and when i am with my friends race does not exist. so maybe the reason why college kids do this is because they have been segregated to their own ethnicity and in college only find it comforting</p>

<p>i'm asian and here at berekely, most students are asian anyway. my hall is mostly asian (four white, one hispanic, one indian, almost 20 asian) so i'm surrounded by asians most of the time. it's not that i don't enjoy hanging out with other people, it's just harder to meet them compared to asians.</p>

<p>I am of Indian descent.
and I've lived in four different countries.
Most of the people around me were non-Indians during these times.
Because of that I don't find it comfortable to approach the people of my ethnic gruop.</p>

<p>I just find it comfortable to approach people who have a similar personality and attitude as me.
And I have freinds from different ethnic groups.
(Asian, white, Hispanic, S Asian, Black, middle-eastern etc.)</p>

<p>also a problem at my school. i think it mostly has to do with comfort zones. but college is a time to explore and meet new people. i think at our school the greek life makes it harder to meet people of white background. i have given up trying though...i think</p>

<p>wow ok. i dont think its a matter of ethnicity at all like ever. though im still in high school i dont hang out with the black kids (if that doesnt tell you...im black). not to discriminate or anything they tend to be ignorant and in remedial classes and about nothing at all. i hang out with people that make me think, laugh, and scream. some are black, others asians, and what have you. i look at certain things when i hang out with someone, skin color sure as heck isnt one of them. self segregation is retarded, that kind of thinking can hold a whole generation back.</p>

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Are you going to allow three basic groups of self-segregation? The blacks, the Euros, and the Asians, despite the fact all three groups were raised in America? Then I have to call your notion racist. Not you, just your idea, because the only thing unifying the aforementioned groups are according to European ideas about race.

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<p>You don't allow it because it's not your decision to make whether other people segregate themselves from others. America's a melting pot; implying that everyone in it has the same culture and ethnicity is simply false.</p>

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wow ok. i dont think its a matter of ethnicity at all like ever. though im still in high school i dont hang out with the black kids (if that doesnt tell you...im black). not to discriminate or anything they tend to be ignorant and in remedial classes and about nothing at all. i hang out with people that make me think, laugh, and scream. some are black, others asians, and what have you. i look at certain things when i hang out with someone, skin color sure as heck isnt one of them. self segregation is retarded, that kind of thinking can hold a whole generation back.

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<p>Wow, you're just your average Martin Luther King aren't you? No pride for your own race and culture, how sad.</p>

<p>excuse me. you dont sit in my school situation. im supposed to hang out with someone just cuz we share a culture?? that's some bull im sorry. if those kids were actually about something more than drama and parties id chill with them. granted i may ritually associate with people of other cultures, but that doesnt mean i hate my culture. im sorry if you see it as a matter of just ooo he's chinese too we should be BFF.</p>

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granted i may ritually associate with people of other cultures,

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<p>...and completely write off your own people and culture. </p>

<p>You don't have to have a black BFF, but I think it's pretty sad how you basically stereotype your own people when you know damn well (or don't you?) in this world minorities need to stick together. I don't know if you're one of those rich minorities that grew up in Beverly Hills or the suburbs playing with all the white children on the street, but I do know that completely bashing your people isn't cool. </p>

<p>I've always been able to trust my own Latinos, and I know very well that upper class whites will be the first to screw me over, whether it be because of media stereotypes, the fact I speak multiple languages, the face I share a different culture, or whatever. It's just the way America is. White people are great, don't get me wrong, but people are always subconsciously discriminating against other races, and the fact that you're not the same color as him/her is always going to be in the back of his/her mind.</p>

<p>ok beverly hills suburbia funny. im not stereotyping, im saying what i face in my school, there only a small percentage in my school that i can say arent like that. the whole black culture isnt that way, i Do know that. i know that we need to stick together but when the majority isnt trying to uplift the culture, *** am i supposed to say. "oh we are making great strides everyday and everything is pie." and for the record i live in a majority black community and came up going to pre-dominantly black schools.
by no means am i saying that wester society is the answer, everyone is cutthroat as hell. i dont expect some white kid to be my savior. i face stereotypes to, its not new, its disgusting.</p>

<p>White people aren't allowed to have pride in being white...if we do we are considered ignorant and racist...why are whites the first to screw you over? don't you realize blacks and hispanics have the most opportunity in modern america?</p>

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This is DEFINITELY an issue at Boston College. It happens especially with many of the Asian students. They are friends with only each other, and they have their own seperate group for everything... korean acapella, asian hip hop, whatever. There are also a lot of barbecue type events sponsored by the KSA or AHANA or what not.</p>

<p>In a way i can see where it comes from. If i was plopped into a school where i was one of the only white kids, i'd probably seek out someone similar to me.</p>

<p>but sometimes, it really does get excessive. In any case, BC isn't known to be the most diverse school...

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<p>I completely agree with this assessment of BC for the most part, especially about Asians, though I do have a good number of friends who are minorities and don't agree with the self-segregation that goes on.</p>

<p>"White people aren't allowed to have pride in being white...if we do we are considered ignorant and racist...why are whites the first to screw you over? don't you realize blacks and hispanics have the most opportunity in modern america?"</p>

<p>-gahahahaha at that last statement.</p>

<p>theres no such thing as white pride. There's italian pride, and german pride, and polish pride ect. But all "White pride" is attempting to say is that you're glad you aren't "colored". White pride is about exclusion while italian, polish, black, latino, korean, ect pride is about inclusion. </p>

<p>god that was a foolish statement.</p>

<p>But yeah, i agree that most people feel comfortable with people who are like them. The fact that people automatically self-segregate in college is a testament to the way that race still shapes peoples experiences and how they grow up.</p>

<p>The asians stick to themselves at my school. And I go to a very multicultural school (it's in Canada). I think it's because they can't speak very good English, and they feel more comfortable conversing in mandarin, amongst themselves.</p>

<p>Tyler, how is white pride any more about exclusion than Italian pride? Isn't Italian pride just as much about being glad that you aren't not Italian, as white pride is about not coloured?</p>

<p>How can one really be proud about their racial background, anyway? What did you do to be Italian, or white? You were born that way. I'm not proud to be white, because I have no reason to; but I'd rather be white than any other race. And that's no different than any guy being happy that they're a man. It's a natural feeling.</p>

<p>tyler quit being so ignorant...if black pride, asian pride, hispanic pride, etc. exists then white pride exists too...using your logic black pride doesn't exist but somalian, haitian, etc. exists..so you are trying to say that people proud of their whiteness are being exclusive while others with pride are simply embracing their racial ties...hispanics and blacks do have the most opportunity...members of those minority groups who strive for higher education have much less competition than whites and asians...major companies are using affirmative action too there is no denying it...you are</p>

<p>"""don't you realize blacks and hispanics have the most opportunity in modern america?""""</p>

<p>CM, you have no idea what you are talking about.</p>

<p>agreed. CM's obviously not black or hispanic</p>

<p>can someone please refute anything I have stated?</p>