Dear Editor,
This letter is in response to Meghan Dillie’s letter. First off, the definition of a minority does not just mean the color of our skin.
In Webster’s, the definition of minority is the smaller number of two groups. Smokers here at ETSU are in the minority as well as bikers. I am not saying people of color are not in the minority. I was just stating a fact that no one is coming out and complaining about the new smoking policy, nor the new motorcycle policy that goes into effect Nov. 17.
So, to say it is not the same and to say smokers here at ETSU are not the minority is false. The fact is that there are minorities being discriminated against here at ETSU, but since it is not about the color of our skin it is OK to do. People seem to want to use the word minority just for the basis of color.
The other issue I had with her letter is the fact she stated that it was a gesture against socioeconomicly disadvantaged people.
If I remember correctly the people that were dressed in the blackface paint were imitating black rappers. These rappers are not socioeconomicly disadvantaged in my eyes when they are making the top 5 percent of the incomes here in the U.S. This is not an issue about the socioeconomics, it is strictly about race.
What those students did were wrong and will be punished by ETSU, but don’t try and make it a bigger issue than it is.
This issue involving these four students should be dealt with by the fraternity involved and ETSU, and not having everyone out there judging an incident in which they were not part of.
– Jackie Lee Everhardt III

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