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...Minter says racial and ethnic divisions still fester in daily undergraduate life, if only because most students are unwilling to face up to their own ambivalence. It is one thing to disavow intolerance, Minter says; it is quite another to bring it down...
There are, Minter admits, plenty of trying moments. "But then," she says, "occasionally there is the exceptionally joyful or rewarding moment that makes it all worthwhile...
...Minter, one such moment came this fall, at the so-called commUNITY picnic, sponsored by AWARE, which attracted some 400 students for an afternoon of food and music...
...That's how you create cross-cultural dialogue," Minter says. "You get people in the same room together to realize they have a lot of common bonds...
...Minter says moments like that, along with occasional positive reinforcement from outsiders (she won recognition from In View magazine this year for her social activism), is what keeps her going when times are tough...