Ignoring socioeconomic factors is naive

In his Wednesday letter to the editor, Michael Berry explained to us that “The two reasons we are a predominantly white campus are few minorities apply, and it just so happens that many minorities are less qualified academically than other applicants.”

I really like that idea a lot.

Evidently, we needn’t consider socioeconomic factors, or the process by which we determine an applicant to be “qualified academically,” because it “just so happens” that minority enrollment in universities works out the way it does.

Michael Berry graduated high school last year, and it shows.

Ryan Moriarty

Physics senior