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发帖数: 38600 | 1 http://newsok.com/black-college-students-at-predominantly-white
NORMAN — When George Lee first came to the University of Oklahoma in 2009,
he felt out of place.
Lee, who is black, grew up in a low-income, predominantly black neighborhood
in Bryan, Texas, near College Station. But when he arrived at OU, he said,
he felt pressure to change how he spoke and acted to integrate himself into
the dominant culture. | b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 2 “He felt like he couldn't be the same person he'd been in his old
neighborhood, he said.”
What an idiot.It's called socialization。
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: NORMAN — When George Lee first came to the University of Oklahoma in 2009,
: he felt out of place.
: Lee, who is black, grew up in a low-income, predominantly black neighborhood
: in Bryan, Texas, near College Station. But when he arrived at OU, he said,
: he felt pressure to change how he spoke and acted to integrate himself into
: the dominant culture.
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发帖数: 29576 | 3 Bart Pickens · Top Commenter
It's most disappointing the writer didn't learn how to ask the next obvious
question upon being told that Mr. Lee is majoring in African-American
Studies. I'm sure there are other readers who would like to know what the
potential job outcomes are for that academic major.
As to his specific sense of unease, I'd suggest Mr. Lee is beginning to
realize that remaining in the same patterns he was used to in his old
neighborhood would mean he would get the same results of a low income with
limited opportunity to make positive changes. Those feelings are not unique
to any race or skin color as they are a result of learning to adapt to a
different setting. I believe the psychologists call it cognitive dissonance. |
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