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...proliferation of ethnic and racial groups has led to what University of California at Berkeley sociologist Troy Duster has called "the Balkanization of the university." Each group wants its own building, its own programs, its own dances, even its own a capella singing group...
...Duster notes, however, that while Hillel and the Newman Foundation for Catholic Students have been around for years, "it's only when we get people of color doing this that we begin to talk about Balkanization...
Black and Hispanic students, Duster says, "equate positive attitudes towards diversity with organizational, institutional or structural changes that ratify diversity...
Minority students at Berkeley take offense when their white peers voice complaints about affirmative action, or oppose the creation of an ethnic studies program, Duster says...
...result, Duster says, is not dialogue, but "students who are talking past each other...