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- A number that results in meaningful contact for majority students - More than tokenism - A moving range - “Sheer numbers” - “Presence” - A “meaningful representation” Influences
- Strong Diversity Center/Office - Visible recognition of expanding array of cultural differences in:
- Active, vibrant, professional student organizations - When minority students are not highly visible - Racial stereotypes lose their force (no “minority viewpoint”) - Diversity promotes learning outcomes - All students better prepared for diverse workforce and society - Positive involvement in a pluralistic democracy - Graduates learn at a critical level to accept differences in cultural identity - Contributes to the enrichment of the University environment Quote from the Los Angeles Times, “A Startling Statistic at UCLA” In addition, there must be a significant number of students of color present in the class so that they do not feel alienated. Alienation occurs when there exists only a token number of minority students. The token students become “highly visible” because their physical features set them apart from “the dominants.” The dominant group perceives the tokens as representatives of their group and maintains stereotypical generalizations of that group. This effect, known as the “assimilation phenomenon,” assures that “the token’s true characteristics are overshadowed … by those stereotypes believed to identify the group to which the token belongs.” |
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