Special Housing for Ethnic Students

¶ … society comes from different backgrounds and cultures, which requires unique needs. As people grow up, they are expose to cultures and ethnic backgrounds and there is not wrong with that. However, when students go off to college, they are all alone without family. If a black student is in a college that the majority is white, it might be best if the college set up housing for ethnic students. With this inn mind, they will feel comfortable with their surroundings and most likely will succeed more with academics.

By colleges setting up housing for ethnic students, they will also help them become more familiar with their backgrounds and avoid of being culture shocked when they first get on campus. Some ethnic students need special housing due to religious beliefs. Therefore, for the sake of the student's well being, college should set up housing for those who have ethnic backgrounds.

According to an article by Rebecca Lee Park, a black woman who attended a college where the majority was white males, ethnic students experience culture shock as they walk on the campus. For example, when a black woman attends a college that the majority is white males, she feels alone and out of place. This is due the fact that high school did not prepare her for this type of environment.

The African-American female student has no one to relate to as she at college because her family is far away. With that in mind, as soon as others surround students with their ethnic backgrounds, the more comfortable they feel. Most of them succeed better if they are around people who they can relate. Sometimes students will help others to feel comfortable once they get settle in.

By having special housing for ethnic students brings out extremely positive energy since they perform better when they are comfortable and have others to relate to (housing, p. 552). In that case, it is highly supported that housing should be available for ethic students so that they can perform to their full ability and succeed in everything they do. Parker also discussed in her article that it would be easier if students who feel they need to be with people from their ethnic background to go a non-residential college.

But, by doing that, they will not get the full college experience and Yale University supports that to the full extent. Yale University provides kosher foods their Jewish students and other things that they might need to feel comfortable. They feel that the whole college experience is due to living on campus so they do not accept part-time students (housing, p. 552). However, in an article written by Dena Davis, Yale is not completely giving to their Jewish students.

Some Jewish students have religious beliefs that men and women should stay in the same dorm or visit after certain hours. Nor do they believe condoms should be pass out on campus because they feel sex should be after marriage.