The book titled Campus Life by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, explains how college has changed drastically along the years, in class we have discussed when and why college was originally created. Then fast-forwarding to when woman started assimilating into college, and finally when colleges became diverse allowing for all individuals to attend regardless of their ethnic background, or sex (Horowitz, 1987); which leads us to where we are currently. Over the course of years people starting to feel as if why should they attend college and invest their time into receiving a college education. The article Why Should I Go To College? By Rachel Beckstead explains how the mentalities of individuals are changing, now a day they have been thinking more realistically.
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In my case I have experienced the sense of feeling like an outsider and I can say that this movie indeed does relate to my freshman year college experience, because I was a young black woman who went to a predominately white college. I think this movie does a fantastic job in depicting how African American students feel about particular issues and topics that they may feel uncomfortable to openly discuss. Not only does this movie bring up controversial topics, but it also incorporates non-minority students stances on particular issues, and how their interpretations about controversial topics and issues as well. Dear White People somehow ties in the perspectives of everyone rather than solely focusing on one particular ethnic …show more content…
Even though a vast amount of organizations are inclusive in regards to race. The sense of feeling as the “other, the “outsider”, and simply the feeling of belonging to an racial group that other races look down upon and judge more harshly has not changed at all. Caucasian individuals still make ignorant comments on campus, and have their own opinions on controversial topics that include African Americans’ lives. There is simply and issue or racial tension that would never fade away not matter what environment individuals may be residing especially in college, where individuals thinking process is
In my case I have experienced the sense of feeling like an outsider and I can say that this movie indeed does relate to my freshman year college experience, because I was a young black woman who went to a predominately white college. I think this movie does a fantastic job in depicting how African American students feel about particular issues and topics that they may feel uncomfortable to openly discuss. Not only does this movie bring up controversial topics, but it also incorporates non-minority students stances on particular issues, and how their interpretations about controversial topics and issues as well. Dear White People somehow ties in the perspectives of everyone rather than solely focusing on one particular ethnic …show more content…
Even though a vast amount of organizations are inclusive in regards to race. The sense of feeling as the “other, the “outsider”, and simply the feeling of belonging to an racial group that other races look down upon and judge more harshly has not changed at all. Caucasian individuals still make ignorant comments on campus, and have their own opinions on controversial topics that include African Americans’ lives. There is simply and issue or racial tension that would never fade away not matter what environment individuals may be residing especially in college, where individuals thinking process is