My school has 2000 students, most are irish and german, the others are italian, russian, spanish, asian, muslum, indian, latin, mexican, and about 1 percent is african american. I believe we are a very diversed school with many nationalities. But the group of people from the city who are black believe we are not. Because to them diversity mean having more "african americans" in our school. I believe that is bullcrap. Because in reality diversity is a mixture of cultures not the color of people. It almost seems like their fighting their own fight on both sides....My point is that i believe my school is diverse because we have people that are asian, latin, european, etc which can all share their cultures together including some of the black kids in our school, i believe their opinion that are school is not diverse is absolutly ridiculous.....WHAT DO YOU THINK?
2006-11-20 15:19:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
That sounds like a good school. I don't mean to be negative but I feel like African American youth today are still being taught that they are held back or held down and that's not the case at all. So if they are in an institution where they can't see a majority of themselves and especially in an institution of thriving, they feel it's confirmed.
2006-11-20 15:27:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. A black person and a white can have the same culture, while other nationalities can bring so many new things in. Diversity is not all about the african americans!
2006-11-20 23:24:23 · answer #2 · answered by country_girl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually it should only be about African Americans. Affirmative action relates back to when blacks were slaves to the early Americans. Affirmative action was set up by the NAACP to try to incorporate blacks who had struggled through slavery, Jim Crowe laws and segregation. Even though other cultures have been discriminated against, none have gone through what the African Americans have.
2006-11-20 23:29:22 · answer #3 · answered by linkbaseball 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well tell them that they should have more children. So they will have a higher percentage
God help us! What will they think of next? Oh I know, the schools should pay them for attending. Also provide a limo service to take them to and from school.
2006-11-20 23:51:03 · answer #4 · answered by scallywag 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White folks have the advantage when it comes to getting jobs, getting into colleges, etc. That's why people are calling for Affirmative Action: to balance things out.
2006-11-20 23:21:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋