Residence Life - - "Diversity Training"

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You're side stepping the issue. I agree that a black student may have a problem for which a black RA (some type of advisor?) would be better suited. There are significant differences between black and white cultures. With that in mind though, wouldnt you expect that there may be some questions where a white student might have a better rapport with a white RA than a black RA one?

While I don't personally agree with that opinion, i can respect and understand it because it is not a double standard. Reslife here at UD, however, takes a much more sinister appraoch. Plain and simple, the former example is acceptable, the latter is racism.

Update - I had a one on one just an hour or so ago with my HD. As I said before, we have a great relationship, but we always have a heated debate about this topic. What always strikes me as funny, though, is that we end up agreeing on many points when we debate this topic after we get most of it out there. Aside from a one on one, however, she takes on what seems to be a different opinion. It's as if she herself is ignoring many of her own feelings to go along with what is expected of her as a reslife employee. Though she is certainly on the other side of the issue, we really don't disagree on the fundamentals, only on the finer details. We both reach the conclusion that black-white power struggles, in general, are simply a microcosm of the larger issue of economic or class struggles, and that, if given the same economic status, most "-ism" issues would fizzle out.

Edit: Not so much equal economic status, but equal opportunity for economic status. I think one of the large issues here is that we live under the notion that everyone has the same opportunity for economic advancement and this is certainly not the case.