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Originally Posted by GRH

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. Maine is TOO white for my taste. It's bad that you can go entire days (or weeks even) without encountering a non-white individual. That wasn't usually the case at the University.

You make that sound like it's the fault of Maine people. Good luck trying to say that "off campus". You'll probably hear," Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out."

Not so many years ago a student with good grades applied at UMO and was refused. He applied again but checked the box that he was part "Native American". He was accepted.

While Maine may be white, it is also heavily French Canadian.(no color there) I think it is a natural tendency for some people to discriminate in anything that is different to them.
Color, nationality, religion, sex, weight, dress, attitudes and personal choices, all play a role in our response to other people.