Pride and Prejudice : Do...

What does mention of the Asian Club, African American Club, French Club, Spanish Club, Korean Club and Vietnamese Club bring to your mind? Cultural diversity and awareness?

Maybe, but the only thing it brings to my mind is another form of segregation and building up of cultural barriers.

I don’t see the point of having these clubs when no one (who is not a member of the club) learns about their cultural background.

In fact, what we learn in these clubs is how to live as segregated races in one society. Being culturally aware of your race is one thing, but learning to live as segregated races is another. “We should have one huge intercultural club in order to learn about other traditions and cultures,” one student observed.

I feel it’s the parents’ job to educate their children about their ethnic background. I feel we are being taught at an early age to accept division into groups by ethnicity and color.

If high school is supposed to prepare you for college and the real world, then shouldn’t we learn how to perform as one race . . . the human race? Instead of doing this, we are sending a mixed message that in the workplace or in classrooms we are the same but otherwise we are different.

I too love my heritage and my religion. But if I choose not to share it with others, many people will never know who or what a Pakistani Muslim is or what they are like. Islam has a theme that states that everyone is the teacher and messenger of God and that it is each individuals’ duty to spread the work of God or Allah.

We don’t need racial clubs; we need a club in which we can come together and share our differences. We need to come together as one group--humankind.