Convocation Martin Luther King Jr

Attending the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, I realized that it was my first time attending an event aimed at diversity since being on campus. I think that it was a good way to reintroduce myself to this issue and how the Otterbein campus is taking steps towards working to a more accepting stance. The only problem I had with the event was the way the speaker classified American families into four categories: Bigoted, Color-blind, Patronizing, and Racially Educated. I think that her description of people wanting to help others in need as being patronizing is a little off. While there may be those who are patronizing, I think that there are many who are actually wanting to help those in need. It sounded like the speaker was making