Friday, March 13, 1998
Letters
Obsessed with race
The myopic view of race shown by Elias Serna in a recent Daily
Bruin article ("State overlooks history in race to be colorblind,"
March 11) is shocking and pitiful. Serna states, "We have a more
inclusive vision of society because our vision includes us, the
‘historically underrepresented.’"
Yet, by the very article that these words were printed in, Serna
is shown to be one of the most divisive and prejudiced persons I
have ever known of! Serna seems to think that there is some type of
"white ruling class" that goes out of its way to oppress "persons
of color" (which seems to include everyone of various skin pigments
– except for whites).
This is decisional. There is no white conspiracy, and
propositions 187, 209 and 227 are not tools of oppression. Namely,
Proposition 209 does not refer to "racial history" because it does
not have the myopic view of Serna, but rather expressed timeless
principles of equal treatment under the law. These propositions do
not attack "persons of color." They are breaking down those
race-based programs and laws that are used by demagogic individuals
for their own power grab. No, Elias, there is no white conspiracy
out to get you or "persons of color," and I urge you to look beyond
your race-obsessed ideas.
Daniel B. Rego
Second-year
Political science