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...centrality of Memorial Church stems, instead, from the early 1920s, when university president—and renowned bigot??A. Lawrence Lowell first promoted the controversial idea of a new chapel as a memorial to graduates who had died fighting in World War I. Fervent protest quickly flared up in response. A 1921 editorial in The New York Times read that “a memorial to men of different sects shouldn’t be religious” and a 1931 editorial in The Crimson eloquently concluded, “To railroad through the University a War Memorial...
...more unapologetic critics, Lewis’ story is the representation of “everything that is most hateful about religion.” Additionally, viewers might need a “sickbag” to get through watching it—Lewis himself is a “bigot?? and fans of his work are “unhinged.” From critics who cast themselves as the truly enlightened and compassionate, these are curious words to describe a wildly popular work of children’s literature. In the public sphere, though, once religion...
Abbott Lawrence Lowell was many things: a member of the Class of 1877, the Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, and the twenty-second President of Harvard University. But he was, above all, a dangerous bigot??a man of virulent prejudices who systematically used his position of power to exclude and oppress those whom he hated...
...Cambridge School Committee voted unanimously last night to strip the name of famous 19th century Harvard professor Louis Agassiz—a Darwin-refuter and, many residents charged, a “bigot??—from the local Agassiz elementary school...
...Greenskeeper,” a low-budget flick about a slasher-killer at a golf club (“It’s Par For The Corpse,” the movie’s website raves). Better known for his earlier work as “The Bigot?? in a 1999 Sports Illustrated interview in which he made derogatory comments about blacks, foreigners, homosexuals and the city of New York, Rocker appears at least somewhat on his way to an image makeover. For him, a psycho-slasher role is a big step...
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