First of all, I want applaud Nijah Toshumba for being probably one of the only students who will actually talk about racism on our campus. Second, I want to thank her for her boldness to address this ever-present issue in our community.    Some people believe not talking about this stint that is crippling our society will completely make it vanish into thin air. Like your title clearly states, “Ignoring the truth doesn’t change it.” Like a pesky mosquito nibbling on your arm. Like that annoying fly buzzing in your ear. Racism will not go away with just a swat. Now in no way am I saying this bug can’t be killed, but ignoring it will not solve the problem.    It amuses me that N.C. State prides themselves in diversity, but has few multicultural groups. But the thing is, there’s no point in having all these different organizations specializing in African American culture, Buddhism, and such then have no publicity for these clubs. Yes partly the blame can be put on the clubs, but then again, it can also be put on N.C. State.    Now unless I have biased vision, there’s apparently over a thousand different Christian clubs on this campus with their “all American”s displayed oh so happily on these posters. You don’t have to guess who’s portrayed on these posters, flyers, magnets, t-shirts, need I go on?    Now there’s some over exaggeration in the previous statement, but you get my point. Racism is the prominent issue that needs to be addressed. But this ginormous mountain can be defeated if we as a student body see the dire need for this world to change. And in order to do that, we have to start with our world first-this university.    Ms. Toshumba, You’re not alone. Keep hope alive.   Amira Alexander freshman, nutrition science