Dear Editor,
I do not think it is fair for the act of dressing up as someone of another race to warrant diversity training. As the comment from Matthew Buckingham in the article said, it is something that people do all the time with many different races and cultures. People do not consider it negative when people dress as Native Americans, Asian people or Latin Americans. My main issue with the punishment is the message that it sends. Why is it considered negative to dress up as a black person? In all of the reporting about the event there is no mention of them doing anything offensive besides painting their faces. I am curious what aspect of the behavior of these men is offensive, unless it is simply that people are offended by skin color. If the article is accurate and these men were dressed as celebrities I truly fail to see what they did wrong, unless it is wrong to like celebrities of another race.
– Emily Deptula

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