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I don't think that the point this young lady is trying to make, is to form a club that would have little central purpose. I think she's trying to make a point about the separatist side of the exisiting groups. The fact that she's gathering support to submit it to the principal is a sign that she's trying to shine a spotlight on the current rationale for clubs. It's one thing to have clubs that support activities that are chosen, and another to have clubs based on what you cannot change.

Call her a troublemaker, if you like, but most social change is caused by such people. Maybe she's trying to make a point to get into a good college, it will likely backfire, but I'd send ten bucks to her scholorship fund.

I think she's trying to make a point about the separatist side of the exisiting groups.

If that's the reason, then her heart might be in the right place.

This "club" sounds more like making a point than a legitimate ethnic club, where people sit around to share their ancestral music, language quirks, unique cuisine, inside jokes, cultural dances, etc.

When I was in college learning French, I visited French-American clubs regularly to get a chance to learn French nasal vowels from natives.

I remember a lot of camaraderie and good will among people of difference races who were bonded by their common Gallic background. . . food, wine, religion, chansons, literature, unique humor. Those clubs are still around. The same can be said about the other ethnic clubs that I visited.

I’m just having a hard time visualizing a Caucasian club meeting without the adjective boring coming to mind, but I could be wrong.