Wed, 19 Oct 1994 14:35:50 -0700 for <socgrad@UCSD.EDU>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 16:35:39 -0500 (CDT)
From: Melanie Lowery <mlowery@comp.uark.edu>
Subject: Re: school colors
To: Karen T Farquharson <farquhar@isr.harvard.edu>

On Wed, 19 Oct 1994, Karen T Farquharson wrote:

> One of the things that leapt out at me was that the students of mixed race
> (7%, if I remember correctly) are pretty much excluded from all ethnicity
> days. It is as if mixed race people have no ethnicity!  It seems that they
> have to choose a race to become friendly with, due to the extreme
> segregation at the school.  I guess that this is how it is in life, as
> well.  Ironically, the person giving the valedictory
> (?) speech at the end was of mixed race.
> 
> Karen


Well said, Karen. I, as a person of mixed heritage (1/8 Native American, 
1/2 German, and the rest, who knows) also have no "ethnic culture."  I am 
interested in hearing scholarly work on the history of all people, 
listening to differing viewpoints, etc. Ultimately, though, we have to 
decide if we are going to be just plain Americans or not. Saying that 
doesn't mean that we agree with everything that goes on here. It just 
means that we are willing to work TOGETHER to make improvements. 

Melanie