Word: counterfuls
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...first reason is that Counter's letter to The Crimson displays gross insensitivity which is unbecoming of the head of the Foundation. Counter's letters is insensitive because he implies that The Crimson is run by the Jews and that The Crimson has a pro-Jewish and thus an anti-Black agenda...
Furthermore, Counter quotes Daniel J. Libenson '92, former chair of the Hillel Coordinating Council, completely our of context and uses this truncated quote to show that troubled Black-Jewish relations at Harvard are the Jews' fault...
Just as a reminder, the Foundation's mandate is to increase racial and ethnic sensitivity on this campus. The Foundation cannot fulfill its role if its director is extremely insensitive toward a particular ethnic group, as Counter's letter is. Counter is unqualified to lead the Foundation and should be dismissed...
Since it is conceivable that some people could disagree about the implications of the Counter letter, we are fortunate that Counter has provided us with a second, even stronger reason to call for his dismissal. That reason is anti-Semitism, which Counter displays in his May 1985 Crisis magazine article, "Racial Slurs...
...article, Counter writes that a certain "para-white ethnic groups" uses the word "nigger" in order "to convince themselves and others of their imagined white identity and publicly flex their 'whiteness.'" This usage "may well be part of a much larger ethnic scheme designed to denigrate Afro-Americans..." By the way, the culprits are "Euro-American individuals and special interest groups with powerful influence in the media..." He cites several examples, such as the movie Blazing Saddles (by Mel Brooks, a Jew) as well as the use of the word "shvartza" (a Yiddish word...