High School Counselor Made a Comment About Hispanic Recruitment that Bothered Me

<p>Are you being a little sensitive? Probably. Is that GC an idiot? Most definitely. So I don’t blame you. I can’t imagine my ds’s GC being so negative. I can understand not wanting to get on her bad side; do you have another child coming through the HS? I would wait until the college app season is over and then talk to the principal. Who is she to squash other kids’ dreams? This in particular ticked me off: “I get mad at Latino recruiters because they send stuff to students that have no chance of getting into their school. For example Brown sends latino recruitment info to students who have a 2.5.” That’s not her call to act as a gatekeeper/roadblock to this information.</p>

<p>I’m irritated right now because, coincidentally, I just read this story about racism: [10</a> years later, Latino oral history project expands](<a href=“http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/10/02/1002lathistory.html]10”>http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/10/02/1002lathistory.html)</p>