Participating and observing the different interactions in Oliver Hall among the students and Sodexo workers I focused first on students I knew, because I did not want to assume their race/ethnicity based on looks. From observing this I noticed that students whose race/ethnicity fell under the category of a minority (Black/African American, Latino(a)/American) seem to have more meaningful conversations than other races/ethnicities. It was difficult to analyze each conversation because there was usually a long line waiting to get inside Oliver Hall, but the Sodexo workers either smiled or took extra time with students they knew/had a conversation before. Being Latina and actually knowing the Sodexo workers, I noticed that they did this for me
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The specific questions for my survey were: do you eat at Oliver Hall (yes or no), how often do you eat at Oliver Hall(1-4 times a week, 5-8 times a week, 9 + times a week), what race/ethnicity do you identify with (White/American, Black/African American, Native American/Alaskan American, Asian/American, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Latino(a)/American, Other), Sodexo workers are friendly/helpful (yes to a great extent, yes to a small extent, sometimes, no not at all), and do you interact with the Sodexo workers when you go to Oliver Hall, (yes to a great extent, yes to a small extent, sometimes, no not at all). The first two questions were just to eliminate people who did not go to Oliver Hall, and to see if they go often enough to be a familiar face to the Sodexo workers. The next three questions were to analyze if race/ethnicity affected the interactions among Sodexo workers. Out of 61 respondents 43 responded yes. Approximately 42 percent identified as white, 14 percent black, 2 percent Native American/Alaskan American, 21 percent asian, 7 percent Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and 35 percent latino(a). The data would be a little bias due to the fact that there were more white people that responded than others, but latino(a) was really close added more balance to the survey. The four question asked how students personally felt about Sodexo workers, and most said they are to a great extent friendly/helpful, but Latino(a)s chose this answer the most at 80 percent. No one chose the answer of ‘no, not at all’ but the second rate answer was ‘sometimes’ and White/Americans chose that the most at 11 percent. The final question involved people’s personal opinion on the amount of interaction and latino(a)s were the highest respondents of ‘yes, to a great extent’ at approximately 47 percent. No one answered ‘no, not at all,’ but
The specific questions for my survey were: do you eat at Oliver Hall (yes or no), how often do you eat at Oliver Hall(1-4 times a week, 5-8 times a week, 9 + times a week), what race/ethnicity do you identify with (White/American, Black/African American, Native American/Alaskan American, Asian/American, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Latino(a)/American, Other), Sodexo workers are friendly/helpful (yes to a great extent, yes to a small extent, sometimes, no not at all), and do you interact with the Sodexo workers when you go to Oliver Hall, (yes to a great extent, yes to a small extent, sometimes, no not at all). The first two questions were just to eliminate people who did not go to Oliver Hall, and to see if they go often enough to be a familiar face to the Sodexo workers. The next three questions were to analyze if race/ethnicity affected the interactions among Sodexo workers. Out of 61 respondents 43 responded yes. Approximately 42 percent identified as white, 14 percent black, 2 percent Native American/Alaskan American, 21 percent asian, 7 percent Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and 35 percent latino(a). The data would be a little bias due to the fact that there were more white people that responded than others, but latino(a) was really close added more balance to the survey. The four question asked how students personally felt about Sodexo workers, and most said they are to a great extent friendly/helpful, but Latino(a)s chose this answer the most at 80 percent. No one chose the answer of ‘no, not at all’ but the second rate answer was ‘sometimes’ and White/Americans chose that the most at 11 percent. The final question involved people’s personal opinion on the amount of interaction and latino(a)s were the highest respondents of ‘yes, to a great extent’ at approximately 47 percent. No one answered ‘no, not at all,’ but