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To Yankees Fan and dtown,
Do you consider yourself racists? I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have the courage to say what you have posted here under your own name. It is part of the mission of Duke to prepare the next generation of leaders to solve the many problems in our society. The very little socialization you have received while at this university should teach you that racism is one of these problems.

So let me introduce to you a concept called institutionalized racism. It is not the responsibility of minorities to just shut up and deal with the inequality and discrimination that continues to exist because of people like you. Try to put yourself in our shoes, acknowledge the privilege afforded you by this hierarchical social structure. You don't have work for progress if you don't want to, but I ask you not to stand in our way.

To Duke White Male,
The university is cutting two of the four staff members who formerly worked for the multicultural center. Don't take what the administration say at face value, do you think its possible for all the programs to continue with half the work force. There are other ways to cut costs for the university, programs for minorities should not be the first to go.

There are students organizing to ask the administration to repeal this decision. Here is a link to our petition if you think the merger is a bad idea: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEVPVDNqcGVnVlczYnNmR0dW...