Word: homophobia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...once having lived together for a few weeks, if a student's homophobia has not lessened, the University has no choice but to switch them out. In the final analysis, the college is responsible for each student. And neither the gay student or the straight stidemt benefit from forced social interaction. Harvard, our ubiquitous big brother, must step in and sort things...
...first-year learns that his or her roommate is gay and wishes to change rooms, the University complies, even if the two people in question have never even met, much less lived together. This policy was rightfully denounced by a recent Undergraduate Council resolution against homophobia as "creating an environment in which homophobia is seen as an acceptable belief which should be accommodated." Indeed, by allowing a rooming change before the roommates have met, the University is in fact reinforcing blind prejudice. And in the wake of an outbreak of homophobic vandalism on campus, it certainly appears as though Harvard...
...starts to wonder why the University permits this. Homophobia, racism and religious bigotry are certainly not endorsed by the school. How can Harvard consider a roommate's sexual orientation a valid reason to move...
...benefit from a liberal mainstream which marginalizes intolerance. But, yet, it is just this assumption that the guy next to you in section is as comfortable as you are with differences that precludes actually asking him. Discussion and debate would be a far more constructive way to express homophobia than violent attacks...
...understands the difficulty of this request. Individual tolerance and open-mindedness just won't be enough to combat homophobia; rather, straight students must make the "empathetic leap," in order to care about rights denied but deserved by others...