Julian Abele was a black architect who designed some of Philly's most iconic buildings (the Free Library, the Art Museum, ...) ... and the entire Duke campus. Yes,
that Duke.
It is surprising how few black architects there are.
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Originally Posted by Duffstuff129
If you're interested, I'd probably start by looking at demographics at architecture schools to see who gets enrolled.
I suspect already that blacks are not proportionately represented... I think it would be pretty racist to imply that there are different career aspirations among different ethnic groups, so I think we just have to conclude that architecture programs systematically discriminate against African Americans.
Edit: I looked at Cornells demographics here. Blacks are only 5.8% of the accepted class while they are over 10% or so in the general population. I just lost a lot of respect for Cornell. You would think they would not discriminate so flagrantly, but here we are. Racism is not dead in America. Absolutely disgusting.
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What's funny is you're half-right.
See, if the Ivies were truly equal-opportunity we'd all be crying foul because
half of their student bodies would be Asian. All of the Ivies are actually guilty of strongly discriminating against Asian applicants precisely because they are world-renowned and Confucian cultures strongly value education -- more strongly than any other culture, like ever, globally. Ivy League schools' admissions departments work very, very,
very hard to keep any one racial group from overwhelming student demographics.
It is also true that blacks have historically simply
not applied to Ivy League schools to the same degree as any other racial group. This is probably in large part an effect of the systemic bias they face. But the subtle irony of this is, if you're a black kid applying to an Ivy League school, you're probably more than twice as likely to be accepted than if you're an Asian one.