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...Harvard's Klan members have limited their activities to scrawling graffiti in Mather House. This is certainly an ineffective way to promote their agenda. It also prevents other students from learning much about the KKK. Writing the word "nigger" on a wall really doesn't teach most students about such a grand American institution as the Klan...
...easy to assume that Harvard's Klan members are simply cowards, afraid to do more than write graffiti in secret. But since Harvard is such a liberal establishment, coming out as a member of the KKK is a daunting challenge. Most students would probably jeer their classmates if they saw them rushing through the Yard in spotless white sheets and pointy hoods. If the Klan held cross burnings in the Quad, such activities would undoubtedly be misunderstood and ridiculed...
Like almost all of the faculty and students at the College, we find the racist graffiti which was recently discovered in Mather House reprehensible. We are disgusted and embarrassed that this graffiti was found at Harvard. We hope that whoever scratched the letters 'KKK' on an elevator door in Mather is apprehended and punished severely. We are also concerned because this graffiti is part of a trend in this house. Last year, racist messages were also found scrawled throughout Mather. We hope that this trend does not continue...
...announcing outrage and sending a letter to all Mather residents, there is little more that the administration can do. Mandatory race-relations seminars or more preaching about the values of diversity might help to make some students more sensitive, but probably would not prevent sick individuals from writing offensive graffiti...
...purposes of the Ku Klux Klan was to intimidate black people and force them to live in fear. The Klan's activities (i.e. cross burnings, lynchings) also provided diversions for racist whites. Fortunately, the Klan is not able to terrorize black people as much anymore, and thus, the racist graffiti in Mather House does not really frighten anyone. It will not undermine the current state of race relations at the College. Yet, this graffiti demonstrates that even Harvard students still take pleasure in cowardly and despicable acts. It demonstrates the enduring nature of racial hatred in our society...