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Recognizing how absurd and offensive a memorial solely to Confederate soldiers would be, proponents of the idea have now tried to characterize the proposal as one for a memorial to alumni who died during the Civil War. But there is no clear precedent for such a memorial and it would cheapen the sacrifice made by Harvard's Union war dead to lump them together with those who lacked the courage to stand against the unjust and immoral regime in place in the Confederate South. There are probably a number of Harvard alumni who died doing the Devil's work...
Stephanie Gibbs (the Pupil) and Padraic O'Reilly (the Professor) worked together marvelously. Their timing was excellent and their flair for the absurd commendable. Through great costuming. O'Reilly had the exhausted, overworked look of a truly brilliant thinker--sunken-in eyes and a not-quite-close shave, combined with greasy hair and a slightly disheveled tuxedo...
...truth of the matter is that after only two decades of a half-hearted commitment to racial justice, the presence of African-American students at American university campuses remains woefully negligible. The idea that standards are jeopardized as a result of this marginal African-American presence is simply absurd. Lacking credible intellectual or moral justification, irresponsible and malicious claims such as these, by stirring racial animosity, contribute to institutionalized discrimination...
Attacks on the capacities of African Americans and other minority groups are as pervasive as they are historic. Institutionalized disadvantage still circumscribes our best efforts to gain a foothold, let alone credibility, within American institutions. Professor Mansfield would trivialize the persistence of racism in this country by propagating the absurd notion that unqualified minorities are swelling the ranks of Harvard and decimating its standards as a result...
...want to study in a program that's been approved, it seems sort of absurd that it should have to go to a standing committee that only meets once a month. The study abroad office should be able to approve it if the person meets certain guidelines," Reyes says...