Another big issue[,] when it comes to diversity at Penn State[,] is the issue of ethnic background of the enrolled students and faculty. Last year, according to the Enrollment By Ethnic Category website, last year Penn State at University Park had a total of 41,289 enrolled students. The large majority of students (32,959 students to be exact) were white students. Only 1,664 students were African Americans, while and 2,160 [were] Asian American students were enrolled in 2004. A mere 1,251 students enrolled in 2004 were Hispanic Americans, while there were hardly any Native America students registered, only 51 to be exact.

The problem with ethnic diversity at University Park is just that, diversity. Diversity means that there should be lots of different, distinct groups that are represented somewhat equally. Obviously, the ratios of white students compared to the ratio, oh say Asian American students are nowhere near being even [is extremely unequal]. This proves that University Park is diverse, but not on a large enough scale to be considered diverse in my opinion [Okay ... think about what you just said: "Penn State is diverse, but not diverse"]. There are always going to be those that are different, but unless they are close to the majority, then that is not an actual representation of diversity [Again ... if one group is close to the majority, isn't that excluding others. Are you trying to say that you want equality between the groups? Or should we all just be the same ... this sentence makes no sense].
This situation causes us to question what Penn State defines as diversity [have you actually stated Penn State's definition? because arguing against something that is unstated is both silly and rhetorically bad]. I feel that the definition of diversity is subjective, and it can be different depending on where you are. My personal interpretation of diversity for Penn State is that the campus is composed of many different people with many different ideas, of many different cultures, and with many different backgrounds. This definition is just vague enough to work for Penn State, because even though there seems like it, there isn’t much diversity on a grand scale [now I'm really, really confused as to what you are talking about. It seems as though you defined diversity and then, now, are arguing that your definition doesn't work]. My definition doesn’t say that all groups are equally represented, because sadly they aren’t, and we can’t benefit from those different cultures as much [what?].
Also, no matter how you look at it, my definition is true. (We could also get into an argument over the definition of true.) Penn State can be considered very diverse by my definition, because Penn State is composed of different students. Sure some students may share a common name, or a last name, but they are in no way the same person. [The first part of this sentence is the only coherent thing said in this paper: ]All people are free to think and act upon their own, and this is where the part about many different people with many different ideas is proven true. Also, almost all the students at Penn State all [are] raised differently and independently of each other, except where so[me] students are siblings. This is where the part about different backgrounds comes into effect.
In conclusion, diversity is a very difficult term to deal with. One must be careful when talking about diversity, because it is a very sensitive issue, as well as some may accidentally be excluded or left out. Diversity is hard to mandate as well, such as some schools or businesses like to maintain a certain percentage of their workers to be white, or African American, or Hispanic American, or whatever they decide they want to do. This is right to an extent, but then some employers may start becoming biased, and also may not look at resumes closely. In all these instances diversity can be a problem, but it is such a great thing on so many levels.
We learn so many new things by interacting with different people. We learn [about] different cultures by experiencing them through other people, and out [our[ lives are enriched in this way. There is no point in defining a term that is subjective, as long as everyone can respect and appreciate the differences among people.

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