On Thursday, October 12, I attended a couple club meetings. First, I went to the West Indian Culture club’s general interesting meeting. Here, we all introduced ourselves and what country we are from or represent to get a feel for everyone’s heritage. I joined the club to get more in touch with Jamaican culture, because my mom is from Jamaica. We played a game where we tested our knowledge of Caribbean culture. To my surprise, I got almost all of the questions wrong. But the high point was that there was free food which was 50 percent of the reason why I went. Then, I went to Black Student Union for a meeting. I got there a little late because I split up my time between that and West Indian Culture club. When I arrived at BSU, we were having a discussion about what it means to be black. Some interesting points that were made were that race is a social construct, but it is also biological. I found this discussion quite interesting. Also, we discussed whether people should date outside their own race. This seemed to be a hot topic because there was a lot of yelling and arguing. I enjoyed this part the most.
