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Race, Class and Gender: in the Grinnell Community Race, Class and Gender: in the Grinnell Community Grinnell College is a school known for its diversity and academic
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Race, Class and Gender: in the Grinnell Community
Grinnell College is a school known for its diversity and academic structure. This was very important to me during my college search. I was looking for a school that would uphold the ideals of diversity and equality. After visiting Grinnell for three days and talking extensively with Grinnell Faculty and students, I was impressed by the cultural and ethnic diversity Grinnell had to offer, the self governance attitude, and by the liberal mindset of the students and faculty, and thus I chose this college precisely for these reasons. During the past few weeks, I have observed how, despite Grinnell's outward manifestation of diversity, this institution is actually quite un-diverse in both the racial and social stratification of the campus.
Unobtrusive Participant Observation is a method in which a researcher can gain information on a society and the individuals in a society while remaining, as much as possible, an un-influential observer of the interaction. This method allows a researcher to access information and quantitative data while removing, to a degree, the bias of the observer. However I think problems can arise when the researcher is connected intimately with the society they are observing. In my case, I found it rather difficult to remain an un-influential observer since I am so closely connected with the Grinnell Community. Although this method yielded interesting and provocative information about the Grinnell community, the collection of data was limited to an extent, to my close friends; thus any analysis and conclusions I make in this paper regarding race, class and gender are only specific to these individuals, and should not be construed as the opinion of the Grinnell Community.
Data collection consisted of both direct conversations with individuals about issues of race, class, and gender and indirect ones in which I listened to but did not participate in. During...
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