If it was not a problem, then Matt Bendekovits would not have felt at all comfortable with wearing a KKK costume to a party. Whether he meant harm or not is irrelevant, but for him to feel that he could get away with it is. Make no mistake about it, this problem will be met head on. Alumni, administrators, faculty and students must unify so that we can all work towards diversity in unison. As I read the Comenian at lunch with a friend of mine, Al Ferkel, we both looked at each other in the same way.
Diversity benefits everyone.
There is nothing more intellectual than learning from those who are different. Not only will you be learning more about them, but you will be learning more about yourself. Every night when I go to sleep, diversity and racism are on my mind and when I wake up it is the first thing that consumes my mind. The level of diversity on this campus is almost non-existent, in my opinion. Words that invade my brain.