The Influence Of Minorities In College

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Second, while many students come from different culture and ethnicity , college is often a mix of different people from different walks of life . Barner believes that "It's a culture shock,", he said "I'm coming from New Orleans where it's majority black, most of the community I have seen and interacted with is black, and then you come to Grinnell, it's just different". Currently, diversity represent a big part of college admission. Since we will likely collaborate with many different personalities and ethnicities during our class, we should understand and respect our believes and cultural backgrounds. In addition, the challenge of creating an inclusive school calendar-balancing fairness, logestic and legal constraints has increasingly become

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