> I am a faculty member at San Jose State University which has over 50%
> students of color. I've noticed a growing number of articles about
> students desire to wear traditional dress. Might I suggest they do what
> we do hear--encourage all students AND faculty of color to attend the
> UNIVERSITY convocation in full `mainstream' regalia, then attend the
> separate (African American, and Chicano Commencement at this time) and/or
> departmental and/or college ceremonies in ethnic regalia, song, dance, etc.
As an aborignal graduate student I find your outlook rather limited. Why
should the first peoples of North America be required to conform to
European dress codes. If the faculty and University were truly interested
in addressing multi-culturalism I think they would be encouraging students
to express their varied cultural identities on such an auspicious
occassion.
Colin Cromarty,
Victoria, Canada