Segregation in Kilcawley raises a few eyebrows
Maysoon Abdelrasul
Issue date: 2/24/05 Section: pageone
Ford said people are accustomed to their own cultures and does not think students will collaborate as one in the near future.
Ellyson said YSU has many culturally diverse people and it would be ideal for everyone to expand their horizons, but it is hard for many to do that. He said he has seen some students take up to four years to begin meeting people of other ethnicities.
Graduate student Ty-Juan Young agreed and added coming together as a whole is not something that can happen right away.
"Trying to make small steps is something we can do," Young said, adding that there a number of stereotypes that exist on campus that he believes may make it more difficult for students to come together.
Junior Cristina Horkey said she believes that to avoid the stereotypes Young spoke of, there needs to be more interaction among the university's different cultures, religions and ethnicities. Horkey added if people understood each other's backgrounds better there would not be as much self-segregation as there is now.
"I have friends in a lot of different groups and they do not intermingle," she said.
Horkey said she agrees with Ellyson's theory that people are comfortable with people that speak the same language, have the same background and share a common religion.
Ellyson said he thinks society has opened up a little bit in the last 50 years or so. Differences are important and useful to grow as a person, he said, and he hopes eventually people will be color-blind.
Call Maysoon Abdelrasul at (330) 941-1913
Ellyson said YSU has many culturally diverse people and it would be ideal for everyone to expand their horizons, but it is hard for many to do that. He said he has seen some students take up to four years to begin meeting people of other ethnicities.
Graduate student Ty-Juan Young agreed and added coming together as a whole is not something that can happen right away.
"Trying to make small steps is something we can do," Young said, adding that there a number of stereotypes that exist on campus that he believes may make it more difficult for students to come together.
Junior Cristina Horkey said she believes that to avoid the stereotypes Young spoke of, there needs to be more interaction among the university's different cultures, religions and ethnicities. Horkey added if people understood each other's backgrounds better there would not be as much self-segregation as there is now.
"I have friends in a lot of different groups and they do not intermingle," she said.
Horkey said she agrees with Ellyson's theory that people are comfortable with people that speak the same language, have the same background and share a common religion.
Ellyson said he thinks society has opened up a little bit in the last 50 years or so. Differences are important and useful to grow as a person, he said, and he hopes eventually people will be color-blind.
Call Maysoon Abdelrasul at (330) 941-1913