TO THE EDITOR:
I want to first start off this letter by telling the writer of Friday’s editorial “A matter of diversity” that you are publishing lies.
Our annual Martin Luther King Jr. week celebration commemorates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. In doing so, we commit to making the events as diverse as possible.
In your editorial, you state, “…it (is) more disappointing that participation in the week has been widely limited to groups with ties to the Black Student Movement (BSM).”
I would like to point out that there is only one individual on the committee that represents the BSM. The rest of the individuals on the committee represent other organizations such as the Campus Y, CUAB, NAACP, NPHC and the Carolina Women’s Center — all of which have no ties to the BSM.
Your claims in your article suggest that the MLK committee limited our events to only one part of the community.
Yet we had events during the week that promoted inclusion and diversity. If you would have come to these events, you would have been informed about the diversity present.
We, the MLK committee, expect a written apology in the next publication of the DTH.
We do not appreciate the lies that you have published which decrement the integrity of the MLK Committee. We are upset! This week is one that can bring so much good in the community and campus.
