Office of Multicultural and Minority Affairs at UNC Pembroke

Diversity Through the Eyes of a White Male

Posted by: omauncp on: January 13, 2012

Being a white student on the campus of UNCP is considered to be a minority. Some white students take that to offense while someone like myself doesn’t see it as a big change. I say this because I don’t believe it really matters who is the minority or the majority. We are all on this campus for the exact same thing, to get some form of higher education. If it wasn’t for one of my colleagues to actually tell me that white students are the minority, I would have never thought about how these little details can actually effect some students. The fact that I am considered a minority around campus doesn’t affect my lifestyle because even with this new knowledge I will still go on with my daily activities. It doesn’t upset me and it definitely doesn’t affect my relationships with other races. So for everyone out there reading this, please give some feedback. I would like to see how other react to the fact that white students are the minority.Whether you are a white student, black student, asian student, hispanic student, or any other race, you have an opinion on the matter. It just takes someone to actually spark up the conversation and let opinions and ideas flow.

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2 Responses to "Diversity Through the Eyes of a White Male"

What do you know about diversity, being a white male?

Well for one thing I can admit that I am not an expert on diversity. Since being here on this campus I have worked within the Office of Multicultural and Minority Affairs on plenty of matters concerning diversity. When I talk about diversity, I am not implying that diversity means how many whites, blacks, hispanics, asians and etc that are in the same room at the same time. I am saying that diversity is the understanding and acceptance of every cultural background. Just because I am a white male, doesn’t mean that I don’t care about other races. To me there is no perfect or top-dog race. Every race is unique, which means every culture has a story. Diversity to me means that no matter what race you are, you want people to listen to your story and others want you to listen to theirs.

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Robert Canida is the Director of the Office of Multicultural and Minority Affairs. He serves as an advocate and mentor to students at UNC Pembroke while upholding his duties as the Director. He is reachable via e-mail at robert.canida@uncp.edu

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