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The PhD student segregation was blatant even going back a few decades, but it was based on country of origin not race. You’d have a Chinese professor and all h
by sarchertech 1y ago
The PhD student segregation was blatant even going back a few decades, but it was based on country of origin not race.
You’d have a Chinese professor and all his students were Chinese, an Indian professor and all hers were Indian etc… The American born professors tended to have mostly American born students, but it was a bit more mixed.
It’s hard to know whether this was based on the professor’s preference or the students’.
- monkeyelite 1y agoOf course the intent is not malicious. As a student you want someone who speaks your language and someone who understands you. And similarly for professors. The absurdity is Americans assuming people won’t express in-group preference.
- sarchertech 1y agoThe intent doesn’t have to be malicious for the outcome to be harmful or outright illegal in this case.
- monkeyelite 1y agoI agree, we should use policy to prevent bad outcomes.