After a discussion with a few friends, I realized Chandler’s rationale for making the first part of Breaking Bread dialogue for Women of Color only. You wanted to create a safe space for them, so they could voice their concerns without fear of retribution or, as the Northeastern News article put it, being “put on display.”

As a gay man who grew up in southern Alabama, I can understand the desire to create that environment. What I have a problem with is the way you reacted to the Provost’s decision to open your forum to the public.

Instead of rationally defending your decision, which could have inspired some constructive dialogue on race relations on our campus, you used our student newspaper as a forum to attack a Northeastern student you did not know based on her race. That student did not, as you say, gain access to your event because she was white. She gained access because she felt discriminated against, and the Provost found her concerns valid.

Furthermore, it was unnecessary to announce at the beginning of your forum that the white student was unwelcome. The remarks you made in the North-eastern News were unprofessional, vindictive, racist and an embarrassment to your profession and this university.

As a concerned student and a senator of the Student Govern-ment Association, I am calling on you to stand up and be held accountable for your actions. You owe that student a formal, written apology, for your attack on her in a public forum. I would be more than happy to provide you with a way to contact her.

— Grant S. Oberg is a middler supply-chain management major and an SGA Senator.