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Racism

My roommate and I went to the Union today to go grab something for lunch.  The table we sat at was right next to a table where four black (what's the PC term? Black? African American??) students were sitting. It's not that we were eavesdropping, it's that we were sitting next to their table and they weren't exactly being quiet with their conversation. They were complaining (loudly) about how racist all the white people on this campus are, talking about how they're excluded.  Yet, in general, from what I've seen, they exclude themselves .  It's something my friends and I have talked about before, because we've realized it before.  If you go to the Union during Late Night to get mozzarella sticks, poutine, a hamburger, etc., you'll see it.  They all sit together.  They're all always together.  I'm not trying to be racist, and I'm trying to figure a way to word everything without sounding racist..  One of the things they said was ...