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that led to the uproar over the cartoon.
Panel members agreed that many students do not possess the
knowledge needed to understand the differences among cultures at
A&M. Because A&M did not begin as a diverse campus, the cultural
developments of different groups are a part of the history of A&M, the
panelists said.
“If you don’t know that you don’t know, it is not bad. It is history,”
Hernandez said. “Indifference has come because people don’t ask
questions about [each others’] history.”
A racist history?
Eberhard Laepple, a graduate student representing the
International Student Association, said problems come from a lack
of knowledge about the history of other cultures which have not
always associated with A&M.
“Even as a foreign student, you realize it,” Laepple said.
Brandon Hepburn, chair of the MSC Black Awareness
Committee, said he remembers that as a freshman attending the
ExCEL conference, he was told a story about a black student who
found his car covered in racial slurs. Other panelists had heard
similar stories that seemingly teach freshmen that A&M is an
intolerant place.
Lyndon Pryor, president of the African-American Student
Coalition, said sometimes racial issues arise because some students
seem proud of the school’s racist history.
“We have to acknowledge the history of the University,” Pryor
said. “The fact is, A&M has a racial history.”
Stemming from this, panel members raised the issue concerning
the display of the Confederate flag on campus and whether the flag
is a symbol of racism or of history.
Tyler Dunman, president of the Young Conservatives of Texas,
said students need to learn to eliminate stereotypes from both sides
of the issue, otherwise they will see the Confederate flag as a sym
bol of hate.
“You have to have an open mind and perception; don’t continu
ously draw the same conclusions, because you can’t automatically
issume everything is racist,” Dunman said.
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The panel members agreed that some students still perceive this
ind other issues of racism indifferently.
Panelists expressed that students at A&M are either indifferent or
nsensitive to current issues because of the history of the school, but
nost students are gaining the knowledge and the mindset to change
the indifference.
Two groups (on campus) had beliefs that weren’t parallel, which
ed to misunderstandings about the cartoon,” Hepburn said.
“One group was offended by the past representation of its cul-
ure,’ said Samecia Bloomfield, MSC director of cultural programs
coordination.
“The representation was forced onto the group; it was tied to past
deas," said Student Body President Schuyler Houser.
Growing pains
The history of individual students at A&M and the lack of
nowledge about what defines diversity have brought the campus
o a turning point accompanied by growing pains, said panel
members. The members noted that the cartoon, the reaction by
iome groups and the perceived lack of a reaction by others are all
part of those growing pains.
“This campus needs to understand the value of diversity,” said
lariano Castillo, editor in chief of The Battalion. “Historically,
here has been a lack of understanding.”-
To begin moving away from past racial issues, “we haVe td exam-
! the past and the changing times,” said Pablo Rodriguez, SGA
executive director for diversity issues and a sophomore speech com-
nunications major. “Changing times call for changing attitudes.”
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