Walking around the Stanford campus on a sunny day in Palo Alto, I see a future battlefield. Why isn't there graffiti on the fences? Why are the parking lots filled with BMW's? Why are the majority of service-people latinos? The halls of education are sheltered by walls of money. We can talk about diversity, but until I see real multicultural dialogue (oral and visual) I won't believe it. We can talk about a level playing field, but until the pre-season training is open to everybody I won't trust it. We can talk about "fostering skills and passion to improve the health of the world's people through research, innovation, and leadership," but if only 10% of research money is going towards improving the health of a vast majory of the world's population, I can't agree.
In other news, the amount of money sent by Mexican nationals into their home country (mostly from the dUS) reached $6.6 billion last year and is expected to become responsible for the largest cash import this year, surpassing the foreign sale of Mexican oil. Meanwhile, the dUS Congress is debating whether or not to make it (1) harder for Mexicans to enter the dUS illegally and (2) more difficult to obtain any legal documentation (i.e. driver's licenses) after reaching the dUS.
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