Dear Editor,
In response to Allyn West's article entitled "Clear racial division still exists; chance for harmony remains" and in the Unity Week editorial, I am truly disappointed and angered by both.
I am disappointed that West appreciated reading that some guy didn't go to Martin Luther King Day activities. I thought the point of the day and of this university is to promote diversity. Proclaiming he has the "luxury of being a heterosexual, a white and a male" is the reason why individuals are tied to fence posts in Wyoming. So I guess the rest of us who are not heterosexual, white and male are doomed for failure. Although you may not be of a cultural minority descent, that does not give the Daily News the right to belittle them or their struggles.
I was also on the committee of Unity Week, and we invited anyone from the Ball State campus to be part of the planning process. During the week, we had a march and a play in honor of Dr. King, a panel discussion on the issues facing the gay, lesbian and bisexual society, and we had a multicultural fair. The writer also forgot to include that the pageant was attended by a multitude of ethnic groups. All these events occurred during the week, and the writer of the Unity Week editorial had to put a negative spin on the last day of the week of events.
I am not asking anyone to make me a victim but to treat everyone with respect and to mostly remember that celebrating diversity is a year-around event. Not just one culture should be encouraging it. The biggest problem is the indifference of people not standing up to acknowledge discrimination when it happens. If you are not helping to solve the problem, you are part of the problem itself.
Tonya Jamerson
sophomore
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