I have been reading the response to this question and most of the answers really just threw me off. Hampshire is a place that is "accepting" and that is very "open minded" and yet our students are upset about ID based housing? ID based housing is not an issue. The fact that people think that it is is really disturbing.
ID based housing serves many purposes. Many says it segregates us, voluntary segregation, but it does not. People do not spend all their time in their mods. Their mods serve as their home, serve as their personal safe spaces. Someone mentioned that if there were an all straight mod, or an all white mod it would be a problem, yes there would be! This campus already has all white mods, all straight mods, all Christian mods, and the list goes on. The fact that they are fighting the few id based mods that there are is ridiculous.
An ID based mod is a chance to live with people that you can relate to. In this campus it is very easy to feel like the other. As a Latino male, I often feel alone, surrounded by Whiteness. It is important that I have an option to live with people that look like me, talk like me, have had the same experiences as me.
So what's next? Saying the Cultural Center should not be running? Does the Cultural Center bother people? Do the white students want a White center? The White, Straight, Men are the majority here. The campus is yours, let the people of color, the queer people, the women, have their spaces, because you already have the biggest space of all.
