People who support multiculturalism in universities believe that "students who can resolve conflict in racially diverse universities will be better prepared to succeed than students at universities that are more homogeneous"(Cozic 249). Conflict is expected, perhaps even healthy, in a social situation where people have different interests and compete for scarce resources (Duster 251). Some American schools are racially integrated, so "it is not surprising that students experience shock and tension when they arrive at their first experience of multiculturalism"(251). But shocks like this maybe a good preparation for future life. According to Duster, nowadays students are "far more competent, far more eligible, far more prepared than when this [Berkley] was an all-white uni

The media, so far has chosen to emphasize the beleaguered white student who has to adjust to affirmative action (252). Isn't it a shame, stories imply, that these students are feeling uncomfortable in an environment that used to be their university (252). It isn't theirs anymore (252). Since the demographics of the United States are changing at a fast rate, "shouldn't the university population and curriculum reflect more of this new reality?"(252 - 53). Meanwhile, the quality of students at universities is only getting better.

immigration laws in the 1970s, well-qualified candidates from China, Hong Kong, and Korea swelled the pool of applicants"(252). Suddenly, not everyone who was eligible

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