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...spoke to Todd F. Braunstein '97, The Crimson's president, who assigned the story and directed the angle it would take. He explained that the premise of the article is that in general, both at Harvard and in the United States, race matters. In other words, he said, it is not uncommon to find that blacks generally do vote as a block. Indeed, 90 percent of blacks who voted, voted for Bill Clinton in 1992. Like-wise, according to Braunstein, there is strong evidence to show that even at Harvard, race still matters. He pointed out that historically the houses...
Thus, for Braunstein, the story was newsworthy because in this instance, surprisingly, race apparently did not matter. Furthermore, he explained that Fahrenthold is one of this year's best compers and that he had recently attended a seminar on reporting on racial issues which none of the older reporters...
...Braunstein's credit, he spoke to me with the utmost sincerity and good intention, but I question his argument that the article's premise was a celebration of the fact that race didn't seem to matter in this instance. If The Crimson wanted to celebrate such an event, it could have done it in a much less ambiguous fashion. Nowhere in the article is it mentioned that in a racially divided society, this election represents a beacon of racial harmony. Here's a better lead of my own creation along those lines, "Despite the fact that in the United...
...goes, a good friend of mine probably put it best. She said, "It must be difficult for black students to always have to answer for their successes." I can say that during my four years at Harvard, I have had the pleasure of meeting both Allison and Eli. As Braunstein rightly pointed out, anyone who knows them, knows that they deserve every success they garner. But as a result of that, The Crimson needed to be more careful about making their premises clear. If they truly wanted to note the positive surprise that, at least in this election, race...
...anybody is disappointed with the column, I would appreciate the opportunity to meet with them and discuss their concerns," Braunstein said...