To the Editor:

In Regards to the Article,“Can I, as a Caucasian, be a Part of Your Group?”

1. What came first, the cultural group or the “ethnic pack?” When one spends a large portion of time with a club, cultural, musical, religious, or otherwise, one tends to bond closely with the other members, forming something called a friendship.

2. Has the author considered that groups of white friends, and the predominantly white school at that, may be just as intimidating to minorities as the minorities are intimidating to the author.

3. The author has been on campus for all of three weeks at the publication of her article. She has been alive for 19 years at the most. What she has seen in her life and her time here at BC is limited and could use some broadening. The causes of the cultural divides at our school and society at large are more complex than we, that is to say, the author and me, can comprehend at our level of experience, education, and development.

As a member of a culture that is in many ways homegrown American, and yet in other ways, decidedly not, and as a minority who has reached out to both white and non-white BC, I can generally refute her article. All in all, it seems as if the author blames minorities for the lack of intercultural connection at Boston College rather than taking a look in the proverbial mirror. When it comes down to it, we’re all to blame.

Yes, even though you are white, you can join my group. If you’d like, I would be glad to give you a taste of life at Boston College for minorities.

Please shoot me an e-mail if you’re interested: jacob.ishibashi.1@bc.edu.

Sincerely,
Jacob Ishibashi

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