UW-Madison Homecoming Vid touts diversity, only has white students (again)

[JakeBarnes]

From the people who brought you photo shopping black heads into the stands:

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/university-apologizes-for-touting-diverse-student-body-with-video-of-all-white-students-154657545.html

[rocket surgeon]

   ahhhh, celebrating oktoberfest on theresienwiese, pass da veeenerschnitzel and prost der eyn'a?

[Herman Cain]

Several of Coach Gards recent recruits should feel right at home:

[Dr. Blackheart]

Such a traditional homecoming.

[WhiteTrash]

LOL. That was embarrassing.

UW is a very good school but I don't think anyone would describe Madison as a diverse or worldly town. Good place to raise a family. That's okay, they should own it.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I'm usually not into twitter, but the shade in some of the response tweets is fantastic

[UWW2MU]

Superbar

[ZiggysFryBoy]

LOL. That was embarrassing.

UW is a very good school but I don't think anyone would describe Madison as a diverse or worldly town. Good place to raise a family. That's okay, they should own it.

A lot of race issues here in the Republic.  And a lot of race issues at the land grant university.

[WhiteTrash]

A lot of race issues here in the Republic.  And a lot of race issues at the land grant university.

Do tell. 

[Johnny B]

such a cliché type of video. Every Uni seems to do that crap. just stop

[Benny B]

I'm sorry, but why TF is this not a Superbar thread.  FFS, people.  UW-Madison being the biggest closet racist institution in America has ZERO to do with MU Basketball.

[real chili 83]

I'm sorry, but why TF is this not a Superbar thread.  FFS, people.  UW-Madison being the biggest closet racist institution in America has ZERO to do with MU Basketball.

Eeeeuuuuh Dubyah is racist??????

Does ND suck?

[UWW2MU]

I'm sorry, but why TF is this not a Superbar thread.  FFS, people.  UW-Madison being the biggest closet racist institution in America has ZERO to do with MU Basketball.

The subject can be debated, but it should be debated in the Superbar, I agree!

How does a thread about recruiting at our rival schools in basketball (which actually will affect our team and conference) get moved to the superbar but threads like this are ok?  Who cares about controversies (or non-controversies) at UW-Madison extension?? 

[The Sultan]

Marquette has really done a laudable job with its diversity efforts, with around 25% of its enrollment being students of color.  That compares to Madison's 16%.  That's quite an accomplishment for a private university.  Milwaukee's is about 33%.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Marquette has really done a laudable job with its diversity efforts, with around 25% of its enrollment being students of color.  That compares to Madison's 16%.  That's quite an accomplishment for a private university.  Milwaukee's is about 33%.

And MU matches the total US population. However, it's 45% for college students today (as we discussed before). There is a long way to go to show how big the gap is. A Polar Bear Winter to go for Bucky, though.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/Nearly-Half-of-Undergraduates/245692

[Herman Cain]

Marquette has really done a laudable job with its diversity efforts, with around 25% of its enrollment being students of color.  That compares to Madison's 16%.  That's quite an accomplishment for a private university.  Milwaukee's is about 33%.

MU sole criteria should be quality and then let everything play out from there . Don't worry about the percentages .

[The Sultan]

MU sole criteria should be quality and then let everything play out from there . Don't worry about the percentages .

1. Interesting that you would assume that there is a quality difference.

2. Employers want students who have come from diverse situations.  So a diverse campus helps everyone.  Marquette is in a good place in this regard because of its strong pre-professional programs combined with its liberal arts requirement is also something employers seek.

[Dr. Blackheart]

1. Interesting that you would assume that there is a quality difference.

2. Employers want students who have come from diverse situations.  So a diverse campus helps everyone.  Marquette is in a good place in this regard because of its strong pre-professional programs combined with its liberal arts requirement is also something employers seek.

+1 million

[Boozemon Barro]

Let's not start patting ourselves on the back until we've reached 100% diversity.

[Warrior2008]

Its pretty incredible that this story is coming from a national outlet like Yahoo news and not the Journal Sentinel or the Wisconsin State Journal.  Great job local media! 

Then again I'm sure UW can threaten access to keep those outlets in the University's pocket.

[The Sultan]

I believe the story was orginally reported by a local television station.

[WhiteTrash]

So I guess this means that Harvard will have to become more white to regain its title of the Wisconsin of the east. 

[CTWarrior]

Let's not start patting ourselves on the back until we've reached 100% diversity.

I never heard that term before.  What's 100% diversity?  Do you need an eskimo, a pygmy and an aborigine or do you need one of each sex and/or gender identity?

[Herman Cain]

1. Interesting that you would assume that there is a quality difference.

2. Employers want students who have come from diverse situations.  So a diverse campus helps everyone.  Marquette is in a good place in this regard because of its strong pre-professional programs combined with its liberal arts requirement is also something employers seek.

Employers want quality. The Diversity racket is trying to make everyone think otherwise.

I personally rejected diversity argument from the beginning and it served me very well.

I never wanted to be known as affirmative action or hear qualifiers before any achievement I had.

There are some parts of the comments in that article that I am understanding of. In particular the ones that expressed not being made felt welcome. I guess I had a thicker skin and just let those micro aggressions , as they are called today, slide past . Kids today need to be stronger.

My advice to youth today is ignore the diversity racket as it just keeps you down . Strive to be the best.

My personal idol is Ben Carson. Grew up in as bad of circumstance as possible and then became among the worlds best pediatric brain surgeons. So anything is possible if you do the work and focus on being the best.

[MU82]

So anything is possible if you do the work and focus on being the best.

False.