Racial discrimination among college students

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Discrimination is often associated with racism. Today, many people not only witness racial discrimination, they also suffer from it. Targets are often teenagers, and in this particular case: college students. According to several investigations, foreign communities, such as African American, Asian or Hispanic, have had difficulties in affirming themselves during the past century. Apart from the establishment of organizations and laws against this phenomenon, intolerance persists. What is racial discrimination? What historical facts and statistics are proofs of that discrimination? These are some of the elements we will discuss. Last but not least, we will attempt to give some solutions and answers, in order to avoid racial discrimination in Colleges and Universities.

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[...] Racial discrimination among college students Discrimination is often associated with racism. Today, many people not only witness racial discrimination, they also suffer from it. Targets are often teenagers, and in this particular case: college students. According to several investigations, foreign communities, such as African American, Asian or Hispanic, have had difficulties to affirm themselves during the past century. Apart from rules and organization's establishment fighting against this phenomenon, intolerance persists. What is racial discrimination? What historical facts and statistics are proofs of that discrimination? [...]

[...] However, the professor in question seemed not to want to defend his opinion and the argument was never ended. As a way to combat racial discrimination, Magda proposes to bring awareness of racism in Colleges. She said “It's impossible to change everyone's opinion but to bring everyone the knowledge might give some people time to rethink why they believe and defend certain opinions”. To conclude, I would say that as an International student, I also have been the witness of some people's ignorance toward my culture and country. [...]

[...] In addition to these factors, the racial composition of schools appears to be a distinct element. Racial isolation in the schools tends to lower students' achievement, restrict their aspirations, and impair their sense of being able to affect their own destiny.” As a matter of fact, the objective now is to show how false is to affirm that we live in a “Color-blind society” In fact, one should bear in mind that the registration to attend a college or a university in the United States, is the only one that ask about your race, in order to gather people from the same community as much as possible, in the residence halls for instance. [...]

[...] - Get assistance from someone (friends, Ras, advisers, teachers, clubs, campus security or police) - Offer support to someone who has been discriminated; participate in the fight against racism, even if you have not directly discriminated. Knowing that to succeed, and in that case, to graduate; it is always better to live in an environment where intolerance and misunderstanding is inexistent. So, in order to reach that situation every one has to participate in that battle against discrimination. Some communities are more likely to be the target of racial discrimination, however, generally, all those community have the same common point: color of the skin. [...]

[...] For this particular reason, one should bear in mind that we all equal but at the same time, we are all different, that's why we should unite people and share our experiences so that we all can learn from each other. References ( United States Commission on Civil Rights, Racial Isolation in the Public Schools (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1967), 113-114 ( Kozok, Jonathan, Savage Inequalities (New York: Crown Books, 1991) ( Fife, Brian L. School desegregation in the twenty-first century (New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1997) ( U.S. Department of Commerce, bureau of the Census. March Census of population and housing: Summary Population and Housing Characteristics: United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. [...]