The Presence of Diversity on Campus In Claude Steele’s, “Whistling Vivaldi”, he touches bases on the role of stereotyping and misidentifying. He argues that every unique identity is accompanied by a stereotype. Moreover, the themes of “Whistling Vivaldi” are how people respond to identity and the influence of stereotyping. Steele’s argument mainly centers around the fear of being stereotyped, especially in a university setting. For example, a professor is grading research papers and scores a Hispanic girl’s paper lower than a Caucasian girl’s paper. He stereotypes that the Hispanic girl’s paper will not be any good because of her racial background. Having stereotypes to thrive at a university develops challenges amongst the students, which
