@futurebird But the flip side, of course, is exactly this point — it’s an argument for diverse, inclusive higher ed. It’s the opportunity (no guarantees, obvs) to meet people from a variety of backgrounds and with a range of presentations and evolve their views of each other, as well as to spend a lot of time in spaces where there is social disapprobation to expressing bigoted views. [Which is presumably why broad access to higher ed is under such concerted attack.]

@futurebird Some years ago, I went to a research talk on ‘backstage racism’ — surveying (white) students at a range of universities about how often they heard racist comments (spoiler: all the time, everywhere) and the social cost of vocally objecting (‘it’s a joke’, ‘why are you defending them?’ — this was the pre-woke era). It was eye-opening and depressing, because of course people rarely say racist things around ME, so I had implicitly assumed people didn’t say them at all.

@skinnylatte I took this photo of one of the vending machines on the ~commuter ferry from Horseshoe Bay (North Vancouver) to Langdale, BC (up the coast) because I was struck by the cultural diversity of offerings.