Culture Shock. That was my first reaction to Ann Arbor. It wasn’t just that there were more people than my small hometown, it was that there were so many different people. Kalkaska, Michigan (you’ve never heard of it) is tiny and its couple thousand residents belong to a homogenous cultural mass. I’m not bashing small towns, but when you grow up in a place with no diversity it affects how you see the world. Often times when I go home I am stunned by how bigoted some of the people I grew up around can be. But I always think to myself how much better people are down at school; Ann Arbor is my eden of understanding and social growth. Yet reality always has a way of reminding you that the world isn’t perfect.
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The University's decision to show American Sniper at Umix
last year lead to significant friction on campus |
