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Faculty members of the Economics and English Departments yesterday denied charges by Ewart Guinier '33, chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department, that their departments ignore blacks...
...Guinier said in a New York television show Sunday that neither department offers courses relating to black experiences, and criticized their failure to hire black instructors...
...looks at his writing," Guinier said, "it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that his qualities of mind are not those one comes to expect from superior thinkers...
During the debate, Guinier repeatedly lashed out at Kilson. In his opening statement, Guinier said that Kilson "shouts loudly about rigorous thought, standards, and superior white universities, all the while encouraging people to think of him as a major scholar...
Throughout the debate, Kilson made little effort to respond to Guinier's assertions about his scholarly abilities. However, at one point he complained that Guinier was not letting him "get a word in edgewise" and in his closing statement he said "I am certainly not as much of an ideologue as Ewart Guinier...