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...Ewart Guinier '33, chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department, and Martin L. Kilson, professor of Government, brought their four-year-old debate over black studies at Harvard to New York TV screens last Sunday. Their arguments were familiar ones and the only fireworks to come out of the half-hour discussion were charges that the Economics and English Departments discriminate against blacks...
During his appearance on the locally-produced program "Positively Black," Guinier--a central figure in the long-brewing controversy over the Afro-American Studies Department--claimed that Kilson "wants to put the study of the history and culture of black people into the hands of white folks who have been keeping that study out or distorting it or lying about...
Members of the English Department also disagreed with Guinier's criticisms...
Musgrave also challenged Guinier's charge that there are no economics courses dealing with black issues...
...Guinier made his criticisms in a televised debate about black studies at Harvard. His opponent was Martin L. Kilson, professor of Government...