I meant the “what’s the big deal?” at the politicians and stuff who are trying to go after the guys. Like I said many times, I think what they did was hateful, racist, and stupid. Of course them being racist towards the UCSD African American community is a big deal, and I didn’t/don’t mean to undermine that point.

-Brandon

For the most part, I agree with what you said. I am OUTRAGED, OFFENDED, and DISGUSTED by what happened, but I agree- UCSD cannot do anything about it (with respect to legal action) except make a statement about it and increase their efforts to improve the numbers of African-Americans on this campus.

However, I don’t feel the same sentiment when you pose the question, “What’s the big deal?” In my opinion, I think it is a very big deal. I think everyone is “getting so enraged” because they are shocked; is this not an institution of higher learning? Isn’t this supposed to be beneath us?

As a black student who is a member of UCSD’s Panhellenic community- I’m shocked. Weren’t these people supposed to be my friends? And yet, the thought- “Maybe this isn’t such a good idea…” never crossed any of their minds?

During times like these- and I speak solely for myself- it’s difficult to separate emotion from logic, which is why I really appreciated the way you approached the situation in this post.

-blackstudentatucsd

PS. You have to admit though- if you were the president of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Inc and heard about the situation- you probably would briefly consider flying down to UCSD in order to shut down their chapter. No one wants to be known as the president of “the racist fraternity.”