It is important to keep in mind that because the campus population is comprised of more whites than blacks and other minorities, there will be more whites living in North and Mid, just as there are more white students living in South Campus. The bottom line is that it is difficult for anyone on South Campus to move up in the ranks to North or Mid Campus. The only reason it appears that white students have it easier is that there are more of them. Minority students needed to have this priority, though, because otherwise there would have been very little diversity on North and Mid Campus at all. One issue the housing department needs to watch closely is whether diversity continues without the program.
People tend to self-segregate, staying close to the people most like themselves.
This program gave students a greater opportunity to interact with students of different races and ethnic backgrounds. But while the discontinued program did make the numbers more equal, whether students were more diverse in their social groups is not as clear. Programs can help, but the only way a person can take advantage of this diversity is to practice it on a more personal level. The fact is that unless people decide to be open-minded and proactive in interacting with others different than themselves, nothing will change. After this hiatus, if the University still needs a program to encourage diversity, then the situation should be re-evaluated, and a decision should be made to either reuse the old program or try a new one.