Interview Questions

 

    1. Do you identify as Asian American?  Why or why not? 
    2. What factor besides race (class, gender, sexuality, etc.) played a role in how you identify? What kind of a role do they play? 
    3. Which of these qualities do you feel has affected you the most? 
    4. How has coming to the Claremont Colleges changed your perspective of race compared to your home environment? 
    5. In regard to race, class, social values, and cultural influences, what are the main differences between home and school? 
    6. What do you feel shapes your construction of identity now? 
    7. How did you make/meet your first friends on campus? 
    8. In which communities do you find safe spaces to socialize, interact, and have fun? 
    9. How do you build community? 
    10. Do you feel that the school provides a space learning space? Why or why not? 
    11. How do you feel about the representation (or lack thereof) of your cultural and ethnic history in your education? 
    12. How have you acted to change the content of your education? Is it possible? 
    13. What is your opinion of how different administrations deal with issues of difference? 
    14. What do you think they do to mitigate/educate/assimilate/showcase issues of difference? 
    15. Where have you found sympathetic mentors or allies at the Claremont Colleges?