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Yesterday morning I opened The Harvard Crimson to yet another article on the impeachment process of the recently elected Undergraduate Council Vice President John A. Burton '01. Over cereal and orange juice, I perused quote after quote from disgruntled council members, Burton supporters, council President Fentrice D. Driskell '01 and Burton himself...
...mentioned race card reared its ugly head at that moment. The race card, a term recently popularized during the O.J. Simpson trial, has become one of the main points of contention in this impeachment debate. It is alleged that Burton is the newest victim of racism. One friend said to me, "these Harvard students couldn't handle a black student body president and vice president. They were just waiting to do something...
...ignored. Admittedly, the council has not always seemed a friendly space to minorities. I have often said that women and minorities are not fairly represented in the council. Yet this is not clearly a racial issue. I am sympathetic to council members who state that the question is not Burton's race but his competence...
...American society in general. Thus, it is problematic that amidst discussions of affirmative action, the lack of minority tenured Faculty and race baiting, we as Harvard students toss around issues of race so lightly. Whether or not race is at the heart of the impeachment process of John Burton is a trivial question. Race is not ridiculous, but "race games" on the council...
...Burton has said that this debate is all about "lemonade and buttons." To a large extent, he is correct. Questions of campaign spending and student group relations have been framed in such mundane terms. Perhaps Burton has a simplistic view of his "offenses," perhaps not. But this discussion should not involve race. It has been said that the council plays too many political games. My hope is that they refuse to deal the race card...