Walking Blog #3

As I swiftly walk down Virginia Street, in my pants and sweatshirt, when it is 80 degrees and hotter outside, my pace slows.  I glance around me and observe my surroundings.  In all honesty, I never paid any attention to race or gender or how prominent one is over another.  Never thinking anything of it, I began to notice that this campus is jampacked with diversity.  Diversity to me, is defined as people all over the world, of different races and genders, that essentially come together and work together, bringing their own talents to better a community. 
In my community, at University of Nevada, there are no specific regionalized areas that differentitate between a specific race or gender.  Actually, I retract that statement: in the dorms there are areas specifically for women or for men but never segregation of any kind on the campus as a whole.  The only times this becomes apparent and takes effect are in the fifth floor on the right wing of the LLC; the place that I call home for this year, as well as the buildings of Lincoln hall and Manzanita halls.  The WISE program is composed of all women in science and engineering programs and these women reside in the Living Learning Center.  As for a specific gender dorm rooms, the building of Lincoln only houses men and the building of Manzanita only houses women.  All of the dorms though contain a single gender in one room, but that does not mean there can't be another gender right next door or one isn't allowed inside. 
No judgments are made and no borders are placed, other than in the areas where privacy is required at some point in time. 
I feel as though one's safety zone changes from individual to individual.  It is a causation of their background, of their biography, not of their race. 
As for someone being out of place, I do not believe anyone is seen as out of place.  A person belongs here just as much as the next.  Some people that are questionable and make me question my safety are some of the druggy dumpster divers, but that doesn't mean they don't necessarily belong here.
All in all, my neighborhood is constructed of a variety of races as well as genders.  Not one out of place or that doesn't belong more than the next.