I am extremely pleased with the increase in admissions applications from the communities of color for the 2009 school year. However, I am rather concerned that the article (“Class of 2013 applications show large increase in ethnic diversity,” Jan. 26) and accompanying graphic failed to address the percentage of applications received from the Asian Pacific American community.
By failing to probe beyond the University’s official press release, The Cavalier Daily advances a University-wide discourse on race and diversity that, while thankfully no longer relegated to a black-white dichotomy, continues to neglect shades of gray.
Ryan McElveen
CLAS ‘08
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