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...article itself reads like a pat on the back for racial harmony. The author, David A. Fahrenthold '00, started off with the lead, "Although last week's senior class marshal election yielded two black first marshals for only the second time in University history, the most remarkable aspect of that result seems to be that it is not remarkable at all." What follows is a litany of quotations from the first marshals, other marshals, others who ran for marshal, former black marshals, and Harvard administrators all saying that personality not race was the driving force behind the election of Allison...
Finally, the reporter for the story, Fahrenthold, is a first-year comper, who told me that he felt uncomfortable writing the story and doesn't want to cover such material in the future. This seemed to contradict The Crimson's recently instituted diversity program which included among its stated goals the assignment of sensitive stories to experienced reporters...