Rejecting college for being too white is racism, too

The op-ed piece by Janet Gilbert about a college her son visited 500 miles away drew my attention ("The college we visited was might nice … and mighty white," June 16).

Her position of not being a racist by rejecting a school for being too white makes her a racist by definition. If she truly wants her son to be in a more diverse community, why is she living in Woodstock and working in Baltimore? I am sure many city high schools are less white than the Woodstock school.

I know Douglass, Walbrook, or perhaps Dunbar high schools would give her son a great education with diversity. If she just wants college to be more diverse, how about Coppin State University or Morgan State University? They shouldn't be too white for her, and her son wouldn't have to travel 500 miles.

Bryan McCarty, Bel Air