One captivating Netflix show later, and I am left wondering how the story on the screen relates to the school I go to.

Diversity rankings on the internet tell us that Emory is one of the most racially diverse colleges in the nation. A walk around campus will show the many different types of people that exist and learn in our hallowed halls. Yet, I cannot help but wonder about who on campus truly has a voice.

At Oxford, the intersectional alliance ReVision’s new sophomore executive board is made up almost exclusively of white girls, save for one Asian boy who joined at the end of the year. Discussions about institutional racism and providing the marginalized a platform started emphatically with people from all different backgrounds and perspectives, but slowly dwindled into discussions between white girls. I don’t mean to discredit the opinions of white girls, but when a club’s intention is to represent intersectionality, an almost all-white executive board raises some eyebrows, especially since they tend to draw in all-white members.

I understand the role of ReVision and I won’t deny the impact the club has had -- because of them, Oxford has benefitted from the installation of several new blue lights on the previously blue-light-free quad, as well as schoolwide movements such as the Clothesline Project and Take Back the Night-- but I hesitate to give them my support. It still doesn’t make sense to me how a club claims to advocate for intersectionality, yet doesn’t have room for a racially diverse executive board.

I won’t dismiss the possibility of the executive board being diverse in ways other than race, but the idea of a club sitting around and discussing institutional racism from perspectives mainly of white privilege without realizing or acknowledging the club’s own role in it repels me. It worries me to think about the future of the intersectional alliance at Oxford. If almost every member of the executive board is white and no one seems to recognize it as a problem, will next year’s executive board be equally undiverse?

It is easy for students of color to dismiss the club as unrepresentative and uninclusive, but I realize that it is here that their voices are the most important. Yes, it is ridiculous that the intersectional alliance is not racially diverse and unfair that students of color have to deal with a system in which they are, per usual, a minority -- but without the retaliation of unyielding students of color, no change can occur.