It was just a matter of time before someone tried to do this (although I would guess it's been tried before, but with less publicity). I really don't see why there should be any problem. If all cultural/racial/ethnic groups are allowed to have a club, why not a Caucasian club? Is it because the clubs should only be for minorities? And if you're going to make that argument, should a "Latinos Unidos" club (or something similar) not be allowed in, say, a Santa Ana, CA high school where Hispanics are by far the majority? This quote just doesn't make sense to me:

``Caucasian is broad, it's not one specific thing,'' the 16-year-old said. ``There's no need for a Caucasian Club because they're not a minority.''

I don't see how Caucasian is broad - the the loosest definition of the term is:

Anthropology. Of or being a major human racial classification traditionally distinguished by physical characteristics such as very light to brown skin pigmentation and straight to wavy or curly hair, and including peoples indigenous to Europe, northern Africa, western Asia, and India. No longer in scientific use.

Seems pretty straight-forward to me - "peoples indigenous to Europe, northern Africa, western Asia, and India." How is "Latinos Unidos" not broad? It would encompass, most likely, all of Central & Southern America while the "Black Student Union" sounds much more broad - anyone with a "black" complexion would be free to join it would seem by the title of the group (though at this high school, any one person can join any other group, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, etc.). I can see where the controversy might come from, but then I just see hypocrisy as people condemn this club. Anyone is free to join - you do not have to be "white" or "European." And, in many parts of California, if not the state, the "Caucasian" grouping is becoming a minority. Where I live, in Orange County (pay no attention to what you might think Orange County is like by watching The OC on FOX), "whites" are no longer in the majority (in a loose sense - as all the "minority" groupings combined outnumber whites in schools - and in many cities, whites might be in the minority in a strict sense as Hispanics would be the majority).

I guess the basic feeling here is, if you want to start a Caucasian Club, you're a white supremicist, but that's completely incorrect. If you want to start or be in a Caucasian Club, one would hope that it isn't to belittle other ethnicities, but rather to understand your own heritage - isn't that the point of "Latinos Unidos" or the "Black Student Union?" I would certainly hope that the Black Student Union wasn't a group of Blacks (I guess this is politically correct since they used it in the title of their group name) set on tearing down other racial groups, but rather, a union set up to further explore their own heritage and foster community. Ragardless of race, color, or ethnic background, any and all groups should be allowed to exist on any campus.

URL: Mercury News | 09/19/2003 | Caucasian Club on hold until student completes application