Minorities take our places! Sound Off!!!

ltirish10
Thu, 10 May 2007 02:11:48 +0000

To make it clear, I’m not offended in any way for what’s being said in this debate. So if you are as smart as you all claim to be, I hope you can infer from this first sentence that I’m a minority and that I’m a current student at Notre Dame.

The reason I’m posting this message is that I think it’s ridiculous to say you were not admitted here becuase Notre Dame decided to give me a place instead of you. The fact that you might have a perfect SAT score or a 4.0 G.P.A. doesn’t guarantee you a place here in Notre Dame. Neither did I. I believe that what’s important when it comes to admissions is what you have to offer. And no, you don’t have to be a certain skin color. But diversity matters. And no, you don’t have to be from a different country to be diverse, there’s enough diversity in everyone’s background, education, religion and customs.

Finally, I cannot believe how anyone can say minorities are taking white poeple’s places here at Notre Dame. There’s not a big minority presence here. So, even if this happens to be true, at least you’re member of a certain type of minority!

And, for your information, last week my history professor, who happens to have graduated from Duke and is the current head of the history department, told me it was a pleasure to have me in her class since I had demonstrated her that my english was the best in the class. And yes, I was the only minority in the class and yes, I got an A.