Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Comfort Zones at SLU

On the SLU Campus, do you feel the presence of comfort zones, whether it is your own comfort zone or someone else’s?

I have been considering this question a lot lately due to our papers and class discussions. However, I am having a hard time really seeing our campus as divided according to race and/or culture. One that I am truly aware of is the Cross Cultural Center in the BSC. Whenever I walk by the CCC, I notice only black students. I also notice that most of the times that I come in contact with Chinese students, they are using the study spaces that are placed throughout campus (Business School atrium and Breakout Rooms; library). The quad is generally filled with white students who are playing ultimate frisbee, or other similar sports.

Many times, I walk through campus and notice that the majority of students are white. Am I looking in all the wrong places? Am I only frequenting the places in which the white students are comfortable?

What do you all think? Are there distinguished comfort zones on SLU's campus?

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