AFRICAN-AMERICANS: A MINORITY ON CAMPUS
As overwhelming minorities on most college campuses, the college experience of black students is often different from that of white students. One of the most common and persistent issues that black students face on college campuses is simply fully becoming a part of campus community. Because people naturally gravitate towards those who look like themselves, black students tend to drift towards other black students. While it often creates a strong black community on college campuses, this self-segregation also proves to be detrimental to campus diversity as a whole.
Due to seemingly inevitable self-segregation, campus diversity takes multiple steps backwards. Plus, these steps in the wrong direction allow other issues to arise. As the divide between the student bodies broadens, social divides persist as well. Black students often become subject to false assumptions and feel excluded in some aspects.
Due to seemingly inevitable self-segregation, campus diversity takes multiple steps backwards. Plus, these steps in the wrong direction allow other issues to arise. As the divide between the student bodies broadens, social divides persist as well. Black students often become subject to false assumptions and feel excluded in some aspects.