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One starts to wonder why the University permits this. Homophobia, racism and religious bigotry are certainly not endorsed by the school. How can Harvard consider a roommate's sexual orientation a valid reason to move?
But what is most encouraging of all is the unsqueamish nature of anime; it doesn't hesitate to cross boundaries Americans normally consider taboo in their kids' programming if the plot is enhanced through it. Realistic deaths of characters, intimations of rape, even cross-dressing, if woven in properly, can...
Don't ask, don't tell. The attitudes towards homosexuality in the public sphere have trickled down, all the way down to the neatly-trimmed lawns of liberal Harvard. In this age of randomized multiculturalism, we all like to consider ourselves politically correct.
All ready, I know you want to stop reading this column. You are sick of people preaching to you about tolerance (towards gays or Hindus or short people, for that matter) and feel that the words that follow would be a waste of your precious Friday morning, falling on the...
First, we like talking abstractly about tolerance without using dirty words like "queer." In response to the multiple attacks targeted against the beloved Mather tutor, students circulated a pledge refusing "to consider hostile, cowardly, and criminal acts to be reasonable elements of discourse."