“Congratulations, Jason — You’re in!”
Much to my delight, I was officially the newest member of the Wolverine family. If I didn’t know what that entailed before, the rest of my acceptance letter laid it out clearly. I wasn’t “simply being offered a place in a college,” as the admissions office put it; rather, I was joining a community full of people “making a difference everywhere in the world.” I was joining the Leaders and Best.
Even if this is a one-time thing, even if officer Liang is being used as a scapegoat, calling his punishment an injustice is disingenuous.
As soon as I heard the news, I immediately dialed my grandparents to let them know — we like to keep each other up to date on current events, lest we both fall too deep into our respective “bubbles.” Upon answering the phone, however, my grandmother beat me to it. “Scalia is dead!” she happily informed me. Happily.
We can’t deny the problem that racism exists because, just like mold, the situation will continue to build up and create an increasingly dangerous environment.