TO THE EDITOR:
As a very active member of the local Hispanic community, and an individual who derives his identity largely from his Hispanic ethnicity, I felt I must respond to the recent comments featured in the DTH regarding a certain sorority’s Bid Day portrayal of Hispanic culture.
As a Hispanic, I personally felt honored that this sorority would choose to pay homage to my beloved culture on such an important day for their sorority.
In fact, when I recently read the reaction to these events in the DTH, I was in the middle of my daily hour of “mustache and sombrero time” when I don these tangible pieces of Hispanic culture to connect a little more with my Latino identity.
Therefore, I felt I could simply appreciate the gesture by these girls to the Hispanic community to honor our rich culture and history by donning these timeless identifiers of Latino culture for a day as important as their bid day. So to all those girls I simply want to say, Gracias. After all, isn’t imitation the sincerest form of flattery?
Jake Elizondo ‘14
Communication Studies
