Is UCSD a racist campus?

CNN's Kyra Phillips discusses ways to ease some of the racial tension at the University of California-San Diego.

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[zfair3850]

who goes to a college/university because of the color of the faculty... you go for the education!!!

[Boazhorribilis]

This kind of blathering just keeps going on for decades now. Punish the idiots who initiated the stupidity, send back the little pricks to class or send them home, do away with the Dept. of ethnic studies ( what BS is that???) send the prof back to get a real academic diploma. The univ. would not be better off if there were more black faculty, unless they were qualified to teach a real academic discipline.Universities should be developing talent of all colors, should not be social clubs. Period.

[thedorthvader]

@Yelegdir It was NOT a white frat that started and nor was it any other student group at UCSD. The event was created by an LA based rapper who had a party at San Diego.

[Yelegdir]

stop focusing on minorities doing this cnn u pos

[Yelegdir]

it was a white frat that started this garbage

[Chibibunny13]

wow, you guys don't understand. I don't think they were saying that they want professors hired purely based on their ethnic background, only that the administration should attempt to diversify the faculty so that all people feel comfortable on campus. I go to UCR, and it's the most diverse campus in America. I'm white, and there, I am a minority. While I have friends of all different backgrounds, even I felt a little awkward at first. The black community is completely justified in their demands

[aikomarcial]

such a shame..

[ohgoodjoy]

It's really sad how the actions of a few ignorant individuals.There is no "growing racial undercurrent" at UCSD. I do feel that many students on campus have not been exposed to many African American people, but faculty should not be hired based on race. Either way, most students are accepting of all races, and most of them are definitely not racist. Many people (mostly minorities) make shallow racist jokes, but they are not hateful and this phenomenon occurs throughout the country.

[GunDream]

Faculty hiring, along with hiring of other disciplines, should be based on merit, not skin color. By hiring based on skin color discredits a faculty's competence.

[hellokittydimaggio]

@LomLom333 hell ya, 2 many asians, even the asians say theres too many asians haha, well...all my friends are asian >.<

[hellokittydimaggio]

why does everyone who goes there tell me its like asia? and theyre asian LOL