Over spring break I went home to Ann Arbor and I decided to do a general survey to see if my original thoughts about the racial diversity was what I thought it was before college. I spent some time on umich campus and I noticed what I thought was there all along, a lot of Asians mix in with Caucasians, Indians and Middle Easterners. Granite, the campus in more diverse than the city, but this is where things become interesting. The umich campus is intertwined with the city. It's not like here where you can tell that you are off campus because suddenly the building look different and there is no longer any grass to walk passed. Michigan's campus stretching the entire city. It's also not like large campuses in a big city, because Ann Arbor has a town feel to it. In fact, most people think of it as a town because the only reason it's considered a city is that the number of people living there categorizing it as such. Anyways, my point is that because the campus is spread out, the fact that the campus is more diverse than the year round residents doesn't matter. When I heard the word downtown at my high school I knew that the reference wasn't towards the official downtown on Main Street, but the strip of State Street on Central campus. There have always been reasons for parents to take there children to central campus: there are local restaurants, theater, festivals, art, literary reading, concerts (both instrumental and singing (Lutacirs preformed six or so years ago)), and great grassy areas to hang out on. Of course, what I observed is bias because I grew up in Ann Arbor, but I also feel that my observations are ligate. I'm not saying that Ann Arbor doesn't have it's own set of race problems, but growing up being able to observe verity is a great first step to being able to fight off stereotypes of other races besides your own.

I also observe what types of people I ran into while not on campus. I have doctors appointments last week and noticed that all my doctors at the hospital were none white. I know that this doesn't speak for everyone in Ann Arbor and that there are more White doctors than not, but again I think there is a similar effect at the hospital than there is on campus. The university hospital is really good, and attracts people to go to it from all over the world. There's not a lot of diversity at the hospital, but there is enough that I would never be able to say that I noticed a none white because they stick out amongst all the White people.