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Letters to the Editor
Director not part of bureaucracy
 In response to Matt Sanchez's
article regarding multicultural activ-
ists: Racist is probably one of the last
words I'd use to describe him.
 A lot of the points he makes are
actually very good. Student groups
should not be isolated, and the ul-
timate effects of "multiculturalism"
should be unifying.
 But the fight for Asian American
resources is not just about having
our own member of the bureaucra-
cy. The Asian Pacific American com-
munity, like the African American,
Hispanic/Latino, LGBT and Native
American communities, has very
specific needs with regard to stu-
dent services. While a multicultural
director is a step in the right direc-
tion, it's the wrong step for Student
Affairs to be making at this point.
 The next logical step is to hire
someone experienced in working
with Asian American affairs to sit
at the table and represent the Asian
American community.
 The Asian Pacific American com-
munity at UF has not had an adviser
who truly understands (or is even
familiar with) our issues.
 When this director of
Multicultural Affairs meets with his
staff, the seat representing the Asian
Pacific American students will be
empty.
 This truly does not open the
doors to cross -cultural discussions.
Instead, it isolates a significant
population of the student body
 The Dean of Students Office can
talk all day long about all it's done
for the Asian Pacific American com-
munity, but until it actually does
something, it's all talk.
 Jamilyn Bailey
 Alumna, Public Relations 2003

Students need cultural havens
 I would like to send both a dart
and a laurel to Matt Sanchez for his
Friday column. The laurel is for at-
tempting to address the problem of
racial unity on campus the dart
for doing so incorrectly.
 The purpose of positive race re-
lations is to erase cultural boundar-
ies but not to forget the importance
of one's culture. The institutes
of Black and Hispanic-Latino
Cultures are not "culture bubbles"
that should be dismantled for the
sake of racial unity on campus.
These are safe havens for students
who are minorities at a white-ma-
jority university.
 Entering minority students
who may not have experienced
Caucasian America to such-a great
extent may feel the need to connect
-with people who share their views,
their religion and their language to
feel closer to home.
 These institutes have long served
as central venues for tapping into
students' respective cultures. They
are like gas stations where we mi-
nority students can "fill up" on our
heritage so we don't go empty and
lose our sense ,of self while we're
out there in the real world.
 There's something wrong with
segregation, but that's not what's
going on here all that minority
students want is a place to celebrate
our cultural differences.
 And there is nothing wrong
with that.

 Krystal Elaine Knight
 3LS