carmeya:

yes

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lovequotesrus:

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ukulelerave:

such a needed campaign. i wish they’d have included native americans as well, though, as cultural appropriation of them in costumes is just as awfully common.

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he might be the one <3_<3 

Aaron Sanchez, my bad ass chef crush

giraffed:

[Image from the UC San Diego webpage on Undergraduate Education: “Our student population has changed in response to the shifting demographics in California, increased selectivity, high school preparation levels and other demographic and economic factors. Approximately 64% of undergraduates are students of color, including African American, Asian, Mexican American, Filipino, Latino, and Native American, which represents a 94% increase in the past decade. 44% are Asian. 34% of incoming freshmen are of the first generation in their family to attend college. 37% do not speak English as their native language.”]

UC San Diego Ranked #1?

Numbers and percentages don’t inform me of the efforts UC San Diego has taken to become aware and conscious of the students of color on campus. Diversity isn’t solely student body composition. UC San Diego can continue to perpetuate its historical legacy of elitism and whiteness as a selective, predominantly white institution of higher education even with the increase in diversity over the years. With all the praise UC San Diego has been receiving for Washington Monthly’s #1 ranking as a public institution that contributes a ton of research, why am I complaining? I don’t understand how UC San Diego can receive such a review especially with last year’s concern for the campus racial climate. I still can’t believe it is up to the students to promote diverse curricula. How can a university like UC San Diego be placed at the top of a list when it’s so-called contributions to the public do not come from spaces that promote and practice pedagogies of diversity?

It’s probably because individuals refuse to recognize their inherent privilege and would rather use personal discomfort over intellectual disagreement to actually learn something. Surely, this must say something about the diverse world or the “diverse” world. With increasing diversity, how are universities preparing students with these agendas? With such curricula, it is no wonder why the supposed diverse world we are being prepared for is filled with the continued perpetuation of oppressions. Or is it that Washington Monthly is rating national universities according to which institution continues to reproduce successfully hegemonic structures like oppressions and whiteness?

Of course, UC San Diego has taken measures to promote consciousness of the existence of students of color with actions like the acceptance of the diversity general education (GE) requirement as well as the permanent installment of the Chicano Legacy 40 Anos mural. However, what else does UC San Diego have in store for us? Considering the continued budget cuts and increase in privatization, I am wondering how this Washington Monthly #1-ranked institution will fund for its reputation in research in conjunction with its concern for diversity matters.