I just would like to address my comments to the article published on Friday about the Walk of Life. It pointed out an interesting tendency in our society. Someone was quoted as saying that the Walk of Life was great because you didn't have to be 'multicultural' to participate.
Just one question. What is a multicultural student? Or even better, what isn't a multicultural student? How does one not be multicultural? Maybe a bread-and butter, white American kid born and bred in the heartland is what was meant. But hold on. Which of us doesn't come from ancestors who came from other lands and brought their cultures with them and into our heritage? Which of us has not, at least on a somewhat regular basis, run into people from cultures other than our own? Aren't there multiple cultures within what we often think of as a monolithic American culture? Utah's certainly a unique culture. I would venture to say that we could be multicultural without even going very far from our home. Many cultures are all around us, and we are each the unique product of that mix of cultures.
I totally support activities like the Walk of Life. Multiculturalism is important and good, but labeling someone as 'not multicultural' is a silly and shallow way of looking at our world.
Patrick Hemming
Kensington, Md.