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...Karma Frierson ’09 says she does not oppose the practice “as long as it doesn’t adversely affect” future applicants’ admissions chances. ‘NO NEED TO SHARE?...
...evening ended, predictably enough, with a performance by Kuumba, the university’s we’re-culturally-diverse showpiece. (As member Savannah J. Frierson ’05 put it last year in a Crimson opinion piece, speaking of another Harvard performance: “we were there only to show diversity and prove that Harvard has indeed become a welcoming institution for all kinds of people...
...responding to the column by Zachary S. Podolsky ’04 (“Quit the Race-Baiting, Kuumba,” Jan. 6), I will not discuss the op-ed by Savannah J. Frierson ’05 (“On Display With Kuumba,” Nov. 12). Podolsky’s initial assumptions about her piece—that it was a personal response which stood independent of any larger organizational attitudes—were entirely correct. Therefore, I want to focus solely on the issue concerning Associate Professor of Linguistics Bert Vaux...
...Crimson op-ed published in November, Kuumba member Savannah J. Frierson ’05—who did not respond to repeated attempts for comment—spent 750 words passing off her own paranoid fantasies in the form of ridiculous race baiting imputations about the class of 1957, at whose 45th reunion Kuumba had recently performed...
Just for illustration, let me give my two personal favorites. Frierson quotes one Class of ’57 member as proposing a toast to their grandchildren being “above average as well,” and then muses, “The statement seemed to endorse the preservation of a power structure that has been in place for centuries, a power structure that does not include people of color.” Yes, I mean, how dare they wish their grandchildren well—how racist...