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...Crimson, as usual, got the last word. (It's nice to own the presses.) In an editorial titled "Now, A Time to Heal," the staff called for a cessation to interracial hostilities, praising Rudenstine's call for the Harvard community to "stop blaming each other...
...their aftermath will be a major issue in the November elections. But past the immediate impact -- another drop in Bush's popularity -- they cannot be sure how it will play. Will frightened voters respond to stern pledges to restore law and order, or heed calls for new efforts to heal racial animosity, or demand some elusive combination of both? Unable to fix immediately on the right blend, candidates instinctively responded by trying to place blame, while piously denying that they were doing any such thing. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater initially blamed Democratic Great Society social programs enacted...
...appalling as the carnage was, it seemed to signal something worse: a final loss of faith by black Americans in the fairness of the criminal-justice system and hence in the rule of law itself. It will be easier to clean up the rubble than to heal the mistrust and anger that caused it. (See cover stories beginning on page...
...April 27 Crimson staff editorial entitled "Race Relations: Now a Time to Heal" begs a response. As one of the co-presidents of the South Asian Association (SAA) I would be remiss if I remained silent. I am upset by the tone of the staff editorial. It is this style of reporting that perhaps also antagonizes and upsets other minority leaders on campus. The Crimson states that "the signatures of students from Hillel, BGLSA and the South Asian Association are conspicuously absent from 'unified' calls to defend Counter...
...sensitivity. The Crimson has renewed its commitment to seeking out diverstiy on its staff. Some minority groups have aired their concerns about our paper and about other groups on campus. It is only this sort of constructive dialogue--though marred on occasion by insensitive rhetoric--that can begin to heal the problems of diversity at Harvard...