Grand Valley State University

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Author: Anonymous

At a very minimum the surrounding community can be called conservative, perhaps utilitarian. There is a suburban culture that believes they are greater than the city and much more advanced than communities like Detroit. Some believe it is important to do good for all and keep their popululs clean. To some minoirities, that ideology will transfer to discrimination, and if you have an attribute that would bring stigma back in a year like 1950, I would reconsider and go to a university that better respects diversity.

I attended the university for a year or so. I did well at the school, and I openly disclosed what made me different with an amount of pride. Then I started getting "polite" conversations from staff who warned me that my difference cannot be tolerated. Some explained some stigmatic concerns and said that the idea won't change. Another pulled me aside off of campus and explained a collective opinion that I was seen as a danger by the community. Some other professors mentioned some strong beliefs about what made me different, and while they were wayyy off, they affirmed that I would never graduate and they were only trying to help. They were all "friendly" messages until someone I still don't know approached me off campus and was a little more aggressive. I was punched in the stomach, and more aggressively asked to leave the school; all because I was different.

The surrounding commmunity is like a step back in time and it is not yet ready to respect diversity. Some believe they are doing good for all when they ensure that certain people are to be expelled from the academic community. If you can get through without any labels or stigma, you will do fine. However, if there is something that can be identified as "wrong with you" and you can't quite hide it, it might become a problem just because the community is immature.

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