Word: danilewitz
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...Crimson Criticized in Magazine Article" (April 2): I was disappointed by the bitter and condescending tone toward Justin C. Danilewitz '99, a Crimson editor, in response to an article written by Danilewitz in Commentary magazine concerning The Crimson's editorial page and shoot process...
...controversy regarding possible discrimination and quotas on The Crimson's editorial page and in the "shoot" process for executive positions is being covered in the national press. This controversy was sparked by an article by Crimson editor Justin C. Danilewitz '99 in the April issue of a leading neo-conservative journal, Commentary, alleging that several Crimson executives, past and present, referred to The Crimson as having what one called a "Jewish problem"--that the newspaper's editorial page was too "Jewish" and needed to be diversified...
...took place about the need to diversify the editorial page, given that a majority of the columnists last semester were Jewish. The executives strongly deny, however, that a quota system exists and that "Jewishness" was a factor in an applicant's success. Moreover, Crimson executives have counter-charged that Danilewitz was motivated by sour grapes, having received neither an executive position nor a column...
This counter-charge, however, sidesteps the actual point of Danilewitz's accusations--that discussions about a "Jewish problem" should not have taken place at all. At Harvard, an institution which has a history of anti-Jewish admissions discrimination, especially under President A. Lawrence Lowell, class of 1877, such discussions, even in the name of diversity, conjure up the ugly and dangerous shadow of a bigoted environment...
...Crimson executives in question also defend themselves by nothing that several of the individuals whom Danilewitz names are themselves Jews. This point, however, is irrelevant. Arguing that Jews cannot discriminate against other Jews is an extremely weak and historically uninformed argument. Moreover, it does not address Danilewitz's main point: that these discussions should not have occurred...