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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe future is here! But not where I expected to see it first.
Yesterday we attended the Wellesley graduation and were flabbergasted at the proportion of minority students. I was sure women of European background represented less than half of the class. So I counted the European sounding names in the program. They were 47% of the total. AND add to that the fact that African Americans are not necessarily identifiable by name and the proportion would be noticeably lower. We're well globalized in at least one top tier school. When I walk through Harvard yard, I'm always struck by the number of Asian faces I see.
I suppose I wasn't thinking straight when I was surprised to find globalization so thoroughly represented among the most educated group. It does make some sense.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)LAS14
(13,749 posts)Out of 607 total, I got 284 European, and that 284 for sure included a a lot of African Americans. Not sure what else I could give you. I'm not claiming it's scientific. But I do think it's reliable.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)What was your criteria for determining European names vs non European vs Blacks?
So if the mother was European, but the dad was not...they are not European?
LAS14
(13,749 posts).. Stokowski and Lenin and Garibaldi. In our society if you are part minority, you are counted as a minority.
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angstlessk
(11,862 posts)America always did better with immigration, even if they were initially cast as outsiders.