Personal Narrative: Diversity At Yale

I have a friend with blue skin and red eyes. Although this statement may not be entirely true, I often find myself around some of the strangest but most amazingly unique individuals. There are more than seven billion people on this planet. Human beings of all different ethnicities, cultures, physical characteristics, and personalities exist everywhere. I was introduced to this grand perception in greater depth when I attended EXPLO at Yale in the summer of 2014. The scales on my eyes had fallen off and I perceived people in a new light. Diversity is a beautiful melting pot of dissimilar qualities and talents coming together to create an enormous and remarkable community. I developed a love for diversity. EXPLO at Yale helped augment my newfound adoration. EXPLO at Yale brought together seven hundred students from around the world to fellowship with one another and discover new passions. Each person was unique in their own special way. I befriended a young man from New City, New York filled with joy and an apparent love for sarcasm. I met another male from Chicago, Illinois whose sole purpose for waking up each morning was to look good and …show more content…
Her words resonate with me; diversity is the one thing the human race has in common. Since my time at Yale, I have taken up the initiative to branch out and meet people I would not normally associate myself with. I embrace diversity because it allows me to learn and come into contact with new things. I am not your prototypical African-American; I play lacrosse and I attend a predominately Caucasian school. There are other people out there like me who have gone beyond the boundaries of their “stereotypes”. Diversity allows people to grow and move beyond the limitations set for them. It is an impetus and it continues to expand the more we as a human race acknowledge it. Without diversity nothing would change, develop, mature, or evolve in our