Comments on: Racial Segregation is Back

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: heather

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:58:00 +0000

racial segregation is still rampant in US society. I dont see how Obama will make “change” like most african americans say he will. Just because a black president is in office doesnt mean other blacks can slack on work or should expect more benfits. They think its like affirmative action by presidential election default.

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: ashley

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:50:30 +0000

heather on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 3:59 pm said:

i enjoy visiting UCs. all california colleges have their own little uniqueness about themselves. San diego and Santa Barbara has the beach, Santa Cruz has the boardwalk and redwoods. UC Berkely has the bay and san francisco and finally Sacramento State has a lovely El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park.

totally agree california schools are beautiful thats why theyre so expensive not just for the education the experience!

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: heather

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:59:25 +0000

i enjoy visiting UCs. all california colleges have their own little uniqueness about themselves. San diego and Santa Barbara has the beach, Santa Cruz has the boardwalk and redwoods. UC Berkely has the bay and san francisco and finally Sacramento State has a lovely El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park.

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: Jennifer Summers

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:29:47 +0000

Words fail me. I am astounded, dumbfounded.

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: sandy

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:08:33 +0000

i went to visit the UC and it was beautiful, i love how the UC is on top of hollywood looking down, the beach is right there and all the shopping on melrose! But its really good school with great facilities and faculty.

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: Black Quotes

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:36:18 +0000

This is incredible - and not in a good way! I thought the days of racial separation were ended when jim Crows laws were dissolved. And there’s me thinking this type of thing didn’t happen any more.

It makes me think of a quote by a particular black woman: “I did not get on the bus to get arrested; I got on the bus to go home”.

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: Chris

Sat, 10 May 2008 19:04:54 +0000

So said it happens.

They should stop it.

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: liberaliperisraele

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:20:58 +0000

Un saluto

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: Deborah

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:05:45 +0000

Hey you guys. Just stopping in to say Hi. wondering how you’re doing in the great US of A. and when that baby of yours might be due.
take care.
Deborah King

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: Purple Avenger

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:42:57 +0000

UC Santa Cruz is pretty nutty, and UC San Diego when I was a grad student there back in the 80’s had a fair amount of hard leftists too.

The only graduation I ever attended was high school. All the rest I had’em mail the diplomas to me ;->

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: Dana

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:34:07 +0000

I thought “university” meant “unity in diversity.” Guess the university doesn’t see the point in that anymore.

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: Mad Minerva

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:20:14 +0000

Hi, Stefania, the UC university network does have some hard-leftists. UC-Berkeley is the most famous for this, but UCLA also.

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: Stefania

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:08:28 +0000

Ridiculous. When I think of UCLA, I guess I can recall something specific..Is it home to hard-leftists?

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: Mad Minerva

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:03:45 +0000

Academia is full of nutty ideas,but this racially segregated commencement is just plain stupid.

Sure, lots of schools have so many graduating undergraduates that it is impossible to have only one ceremony. In that case the students have separate ceremonies according to their academic discipline (such as business, science and engineering, humanities, etc.) and the graduate students have their own ceremony (the “hooding”). This kind of subdivision is imperfect, but it’s fine really since everybody wants to walk the stage and heard their names called out, and if this can’t happen in one mass ceremony, then go ahead and have several smaller ones so everybody gets his/her moment of fame; all my schools did this.

But the racial element as determining factor? Idiotic. And more retrograde and perniciously harmful than I can imagine.

Here’s an idea and a prediction: sooner or later, say, Tibetan students will demand their own ceremony. Or Hong Kong students. Or Taiwanese students will also. Then Beijing will enter the picture and howl that this kind of behavior is unacceptable because theree should only be one ceremony for “China.”

Does nobody realize the dangers of constantly prioritizing our differences over our commonalities? This kind of sectarian outlook has repeatedly produced not cooperation and bridge-building, but animosity, grievance, and the most extreme result, racial and ethnic violence.

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: J.Doe

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:25:41 +0000

That’s exactly how I feel. It’s ridiculous.

Comment on Racial Segregation is Back by: KC

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:40:51 +0000

That is so ridiculous. I’ve heard of universities so large that they need to have more than one commencement ceremony because there’s no venue big enough for everyone and their guests, but it’s usually done by academic program, which while isn’t an ideal solution is understandable. But this is just foolish. Commencement is about the conferral of an academic degree, not about self-identification with a particular group. Things like this make me glad I left academe when I did.