Question

1. What deep-level diversity issues may be relevant when assigning students of different races as roommates?

2. Would you support college residence policies that required different-race roommate pairings to increase campus diversity? Why or why not?

Answer 1

1.The deep-level diversity issues that may be relevant when assigning students of different races as roommates are problems while studying due to different lifestyles of the roommates. There may be a lack of communication between the roommates due to the language barrier. High levels of conflicts between the roommates due to lack understanding between the roommates and cultural differences between them. This may involve repeated involvement of the hostel authorities to resolve the conflicts.

2. However, I would recommend college residence policies that required different-race roommate pairings to increase campus diversity because of its leads to a forced interaction that is too close leading to understanding the problems of people of other race and development of tolerance.