What school is best for black people? Brown people? What do you "others" look for in an education? How may we entice you into enhancing our rosters?
Sometimes I feel like UNCA's search for a truly diverse campus, while well-meaning, can become a dangerous thing. When we think that diversity is restricted to visuals like skin color we become a part of the problem. Even when you search the word "diversity" this is the first image to come up:
When they give in to the "collect all five!" mentality people become a commodity to be gained, and they lose their human face. I feel like when we disregard what diversity even encompasses, and stick to a predominantly "white" curriculum, focusing on gathering people of varied skin tones, we will be no more closer to becoming an open-minded campus than we would have otherwise.
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