Is Berkeley racist?
Hey, y'all. I just got done reading a recent thread here, and I'm left a little apprehensive about UCB. I got into grad school at Berkeley (undergrad at Caltech). Between the two schools I got into, Berkeley is obviously the better option, but I'm left with a bitter taste in my mouth.
For the black and brown students here, I'd like to know if your experience at Berkeley has been negatively impacted by your race. The way the comments here on this subreddit treat black people seem kind of insane, especially this sentiment that "Asians are terrorized by Blacks" or whatever, which is an opinion I didn't know people actually held in real life. I was raised in Tennessee, where most up-front racism towards me was directed at me for being Asian, but since moving to California, people are a lot worse about me being Black. I suspect it's just because people in TN know how to interact with Black people, while the middle to upper class White and Asian people at Caltech don't (I actually was complimented for my "eloquence" a few hours ago at a SURF donor dinner).
Anyways, I was just wondering whether this subreddit is an accurate reading of how Berkeley students feel about Black people.