<p>Oh boy - time to do some damage control - first some background; I’m a current junior at Trinity and I went to a large diverse public school - Recently I have been one of the most vocal opponents of people who claim that Trinity is racially unfriendly. A few months ago some stupid person wrote the N-word on an african american students whiteboard. This erupted into a full out racial event because of a protest held in our dining hall that claimed the administration was complacent in racism. Students like myself recognize that there is some degree of racism at Trinity as there is at any other institution but rather call on the students to speak up, because administrative controls are already at their limit (if the person who wrote the N-word were caught, he would be expelled - I don’t know what else could be done?). As aaron56 mentioned, the entire issue is blown out of proportion. There is a very small group of far-left students who are using the incident, as well as one where a student alledgedly dressed in blackface (though he claimed he was a hunter - it was a halloween costume and there is no sure way to tell) to bring attention to themselves. I think that if you talk to most people at Trinity they will agree that for most people, minority and non-minority alike, this is simply a non-issue exaggerated by a few activists looking for an issue to get their names out. I would advise everyone on this message board not to let this paint their views of Trinity, or if they do, to seek out more information, there have been massive debates in the Tripod (<a href=“http://www.trinitytripod.com%5B/url%5D”>www.trinitytripod.com</a>) and I can point some out if anyone wants - as well, I would suggest contacting Trinity students if at all possible through this board or through other means. I won’t deny that racism exists at Trinity - it does everywhere, but to claim it is worse than Amherst or Williams or Wesleyan is not really valid.</p>