Officials find 'undercurrent of racial intolerance' at CMU
I attended this college for grad school, and I heard the most God-awful and ignorant things coming out the mouths of some classmates. When our class was given a presentation about trying to increase the diversity in our profession (by increasing awareness of the profession in schools, etc), somebody in my class actually stated. "Isn't that giving false hope?" I was mortified. One of my classmates assumed another friend of mine recieved a scholarship for being in a minority, rather than academic merit. Needless to say, my friend's scholarship was based on academic achievement. My impression while I went there was that many people were from rural areas and had never encountered anybody of another race. Needless to say, I went home many weekends.
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