Word: belled
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Professor Derrick Bell's letter in May 21st Crimson is as ignorant as it is pathetic. Its ignorance is manifold: First, none of my comments and analysis on the dysfunctional aspects of the black separatist lifestyle have ever denied that this behavior was due in part to white racist patterns, and in my Bulletin article (April) I actually state that "such behavior is a conscious countering of white racist exclusivism with black ethnic exclusivism." What I have said, and would reiterate, is that the black separatist students use the charge of white racism as a catch-all explanation for their...
Second, nowhere in my Bulletin articles do I attack what Prof. Bell calls the "mental stability," "intellectual ability" and "basic integrity" of Negro students at Harvard. What I do say in those articles, and would reiterate, is that too many black students enter Harvard with academic deficiencies (perhaps 40%) and that this should be avoided by raising the median SAT verbal and math scores of black students nearer to the median for Harvard College. I also argue that a quota for blacks is defensible and the proportion of blacks in Harvard College be maintained...
...Prof. Bell and other black separatists among Negro faculty have a right to differ with me, but it is ridiculous to characterize my view as a "vicious slande," of black students. There is nothing slanderous in the statement that bad admissions decisions by Harvard's admissions office is partly responsible for the poor intellectual and academic performance of black students. This is simply a question of fact, and Prof. Bell cannot remove it by rhetorical outbursts...
...could be almost as funny, talking in an original staccato shorthand. Broadway legend has it that when he wanted a friend to give him a phone call, he would say: "Gimme a quick Ameche one of these days," referring to Don Ameche's bio-pic of Alexander Graham Bell. Canceling a meeting: "Can't meet you today -unforch...
...Bulletin should be commended on their decision to delay publication of Kilson's article in the name of accuracy and fairness. Hopefully, other Harvard publications will follow suit. Derrick Bell Professor...