Race Ranking
Cultural events don’t mean diversity

Black History Month.

Hispanic Heritage Week.

Italian Hour.

This is TCU’s way of ranking the races of the diverse campus.

With 16 days left in February, there are still 10 more events celebrating Black History Month. Exhibitions, speakers, video presentations and gospel choirs will grace TCU with their presence for the first real celebration of Black History Month in the past four years.

However, the 16 events spread throughout the month are more than seven times the amount of events sponsored by the university during Hispanic Heritage Month.

But quality over quantity right?

Last year’s Hispanic Heritage Month’s events were limited to a jalapeño-eating contest and a salsa dance competition, nothing even close to the caliber of events Black History Month includes.

TCU’s idea of monthly, cultural celebrations is nothing more than a ranking of races. If there was a celebration for the Russian or Italian facets of our campus, the celebration may be nothing more than a vodka-drinking or pizza-eating contest.
But the ranking of the races doesn’t stop there.

Programming Council’s inequality in sponsorship of events only fuels the fire. Faculty involvement and attendance only further solidifies each culture’s position on campus.

For a university that preaches diversity, why does it emphasize one race’s heritage over another?

Granted, there are larger populations of one group on campus than another, but an entire month in comparison to a jalapeño-eating contest is ridiculous.

If TCU ever manages to diversify the campus, maybe it will then realize that equality among cultures is just as important as a diverse school.

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