Fun fact about Berea College, researchers who studied it found that "white students who are randomly assigned black roommates have a significantly larger propor

Fun fact about Berea College, researchers who studied it found that "white students who are randomly assigned black roommates have a significantly larger proportion of black friends than white students who are randomly assigned white roommates" [0]. Not all papers have found the same to be true [1], so there I personally think there is something especially propitious about the setting for breaking down barriers between groups, e.g., the strong egalitarian vibe/shared work experience. [0] https://www.nber.org/papers/w15970 https://www.nber.org/papers/w15970 [1] https://www.jstor.org/stable/25098785 https://www.jstor.org/stable/25098785