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No Nancy, you were being honest with yourself. You do not have to delete the post. I can relate to what you are saying. Notice that I did not say, i made friends with everyone at orientation, i used the word some, because not all responded warmly to my attempts. You are not alone in your experiences. Part of what you described informed my paper on racial inclusion at Bryn Mawr. We can pass it off as instinctive to hang out with our fellow country men; Americans with Americans;Africans with Africans;Chinese with Chinese or based on our economic backgrounds, but that seemingly natural behavior is really reflexive of class bias - racial or economic. If we are truly convinced that 'all men are created equal' and if this class has had any positive effect on us, then our circle of friends(people we eat with, hang out with, go shopping or touring with) should consist of people from all races and backgrounds