To the Editor:
I am writing this letter as a response
to the rather obscene graffiti painted in our tunnels lately.
In particular, I am writing in response
to the remarks painted about Jesus Christ by the Pagan Student
Association.
I want to congratulate them, as I am sure
their obscene remarks were painted to enrage other students
to think.
I am one of those students that has thought
about the remarks they painted (remarks so disgusting and
in violation of our tunnel painting policy that they had
to be painted over in the days that followed), so I assume
they have accomplished what they set out to do. However,
I would also like to congratulate them on what I can only
hope they didn’t mean to do.
For one, congratulations for working against
the efforts of so many to bring diversity to this campus.
For years this campus has worked to decrease
diversity. Diversity doesn’t include only people of
different races. It includes people with varying belief systems
as well. Your remarks painted in the tunnel that night helped
to thwart those efforts as well as any racial slur.
Your organization can henceforth be thought
of with the same respect that we afford the Ku Klux Klan.
Congratulations.
Secondly, congratulations for correcting
my thinking. For the duration of my time here, I have thought
Appalachian was a wonderful place to exchange ideas, learn
about myself, and to grow. After reading your remarks I realized
that this place is no different from any other place in this
world. It is and always will be a place full of ignorance.
I hope you enjoy your time here at Appalachian.
I can only hope that others will provide you with the same
open-mindedness and tolerance you have already shown them.
|
Ira
Woodring
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