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:It has one of the smallest minority enrollments among major schools, with only 11.5% of its student population being African American (2.7%), Asian American (5.2%), Native American (0.6%) or Hispanic (3%). | :It has one of the smallest minority enrollments among major schools, with only 11.5% of its student population being African American (2.7%), Asian American (5.2%), Native American (0.6%) or Hispanic (3%). | ||
| − | UW draws | + | UW draws its students primarily from the State of Wisconsin. Those numbers don't seem ''wildly'' discordant with the racial makeup of Wisconsin, which is only about 12.7% minorities:[http://citybloc.com/Wisconsin] |
| − | 87.3% White | + | :87.3% White |
| − | 5.7% Black | + | :5.7% Black |
| − | 3.6% Hispanic | + | :3.6% Hispanic |
| − | 1.7% Asian | + | :1.7% Asian |
| − | 1.2% Mixed race | + | :1.2% Mixed race |
| − | 0.9% Native American | + | :0.9% Native American |
[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 21:27, 25 April 2007 (EDT) | [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 21:27, 25 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 01:31, April 26, 2007
Racial composition
- It has one of the smallest minority enrollments among major schools, with only 11.5% of its student population being African American (2.7%), Asian American (5.2%), Native American (0.6%) or Hispanic (3%).
UW draws its students primarily from the State of Wisconsin. Those numbers don't seem wildly discordant with the racial makeup of Wisconsin, which is only about 12.7% minorities:[1]
- 87.3% White
- 5.7% Black
- 3.6% Hispanic
- 1.7% Asian
- 1.2% Mixed race
- 0.9% Native American
Dpbsmith 21:27, 25 April 2007 (EDT)
Wisconsin has "a conservative population?"
Wisconsin defies that sort of casual stereotyping. Even though it is the state of Joseph McCarthy, it is also the birthplace of the Progressive Movement, and it elected numerous Socialist mayors in Milwaukee. Dpbsmith 21:30, 25 April 2007 (EDT)