Friday, February 11, 2011

International students face discrimination problem

Everyone should be born equal but there is discrimination in this society such as age, social class, sexual and race discrimination. Discriminate hurts everyone. Discrimination refers to a group of people that is given different treatment then the general population, for personal reasons unrelated to their merits, but rather some other property , such a race, sex, religion, social class, age, health status. Discrimination based on personal qualities. They have been marginalized. Racial discrimination is one of the crucial problems for international students. Because they are discriminated against and due to their exclusion of mainstream society, it is easy to lose the opportunities to enjoy the college life in United States. For example, it is harder to get into the position of the student union because most of the student union is local students. Everyone should respect the others. International students may feel discriminate and isolate by the local students in US because they have different culture and different background. Most of the international students will make friends with other international students that in the same motherland because they have chat topics and they feel security with them. Vise verse, the local students will more likely to make friends with local students. Because most of the students in the universities are American, international students are hard to make friends with international students. One of the best ways is to join some events in the international student office. Apart from this, they can go to church or fellowship to make friends because those people are friendly.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Jennifer,

    Thanks for sharing your experiences as an international student with your readers. I agree it can be difficult to connect with others especially at school where most of the time people are focused on classes or already have a set group of friends. I hope that you will overcome whatever challenges you face as an international student and in your life wherever you go.

    All the best,
    Elma :)

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