The housing thing is just the usual separatism. A low cost bit of housing discrimination. Usually ends up being the black house, avoided by most, including most black kids.
The potentially annoying bit that hits most kids is the mandatory diversity class for freshmen.
This is a genuine imposition on all. Granted though its UC Santa Cruz, this sort of thing is ubiquitous in all classes.
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What do you expect from a Banana slug?
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