A response to LUCHA:

You assume that minorities were the only people to be offended by Charles Braun’s letter about political correctness. This very pointed response is actually very concerning because out of many offensive statements made in his letter, none of which ever actually discussed minorities (LGBT, religion, and sex were the actual topics he touched on), you decided to make his letter about you and then proceeded to write an equally offensive letter, making all white people at Iowa State sound like ignorant “diseased” monsters.

Does White Privilege still exist in this country?

Absolutely!

But when all you talk about is how horrible white people, in general, are, despite the ridiculous number of us who fight every day to make your lives a little better for the sole purpose of equality, well, it makes it a little difficult to continue fighting for people who don’t even recognize our efforts.

And it seems like you are so focused on your own personal injustices that you completely fail to notice, let alone do anything, to help fight for others. I am a white woman. But I also happen to have multiple mental disabilities. I am a minority, and yet, to most of you, all you would see is my whiteness. You talk about how racist white people are, but you are just as racist to us.

Does that make what has happened in this country since its beginning OK?

No.

But it also isn’t making the situation any better. Try for one moment to think about what you are doing; you are making enemies out of the very people who are fighting for your rights. If you are smart, you will learn to differentiate between the ignorant bigots who just happen to be white, and those of us who do not deserve to be attacked and placed in your tiny judgmental box of prejudice.