Many Hispanic students at our college, which has a high Hispanic population, learn to be rigid and give up themselves to study engineering. (Martinez 1995)

Although a woman's grades in college suggest that she mastered the masculine mode, she felt that it really never quite "took." Someday she hopes to master it. (Belenky et al 1986 pg.199)

Native American students have to be convinced that mathematics relates to their life, or they will avoid the subject and/or refuse to fully participate in the learning process. (Green 1989)

The first challenge math instructors of Native American students face is to create a classroom environment in which mathematics is seen as relevant and meaningful. (Meggison 1990, National Science Foundation 1994 pg.40)

There is often a gross mismatch between the storytelling styles of African American children and those of their teachers. Many teachers from Eurocentric cultures have a linear storytelling style. Many African American children exhibit a spiraling style with many departures from an initial point, but with a return to make a whole. Many African American children concentrate on many stimuli at one time rather than learning to concentrate on one. The misunderstanding of behavioral styles leads educators to misread achievement in academic subjects, such as creative expression. (Banks 1988, Delpit 1995, Guild 1994, Hilliard 1989, Shade 1982)

More and more of the younger women scientists of today are questioning whether science has to be that way. They are beginning to envision a time when a critical mass of women will be reached, and the rules themselves could begin to change. They are eager "to change science" rather than "changing women" until they fit this funny mold that has been created in their absence. (Barinaga 1993)

The architecture of Native Peoples differs from that of Euro-Americans. Native People tend to have space designed for communal activity. They have soft forms. The earth is not paved. In contrast, Euro-Americans tend to have space designed for separation and privacy, hard-edged forms, and earth covered with concrete. (Mander 1991 pg.215-9)