SUMBLOG 7

The institution of education and the problem of race and ethnicity within it really intrigue me.  Especially the part we discuss in class about letting people of a certain race get into a particular school base on just that, their race.  This is done mainly to boost the diversity in said school.  Schools in my mind try too hard to send the message of diversity in the schools; so much so that my high school dedicated a whole week for it to increase the awareness of it.  Don’t get me wrong as I believe that diversity is a good thing, but sometimes it just goes too far.  This really remind me of the time where I was a junior in high school.  At that time the colleges around Wisconsin bombarded my mail with their brochure.  On those brochures they often feature some sort of photo with some of the students that are attending them on it.  There is this one particular detail that I noticed on the photos when looking through a few of them.  The photos more often than not show a group of happy diverse friends on it.  I find this funny because I eventually got a chance to go tour some of these colleges, and find that the brochures are misleading.  As I observe the surroundings, I noticed that there is not much diversity at some of these colleges.  However, when I do see diversity within the colleges everyone is well segregated.  Rather if it’s done intentionally or not, but looking around this campus the same observation can be made.  Although the brochures are misleading about the environment of the student body, it’s nice that they are pushing for diversity within the system.  Below is a clip from the TV show The Office, which goes to show how silly pushing for diversity can sometimes be.