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...Student Association that the Harvard Lampoon printed racially offensive humor, discussions were held with representatives of the two groups during the last month. These discussions benefitted from the ability and commitment of both parties and their concern for the general welfare of the College. The relief sought by the HRBSA is an increase in sensitivity on the part of the Lampoon to the importance of fruitful race relations in the College and how the use of stereotypes might hamper such an improved condition...
...fair and clear distinctions and to choose wisely between ideas. The values behind the First Amendment which guarantee the right to a free press must be affirmed in this case. Those values are indivisible: you cannot save them for yourself and deny them to others. Indeed, in discussion, the HRBSA has recognized the importance of these values, and by raising the use of stereotypes for debate, seeks to engage in a critical evaluation of a set of ideas and images. Certainly the allegations put forward are serious and deserve careful and thoughtful consideration. In evaluating these allegations, the representatives...
...Lampoon. Here he does a real disservice to his fellow blacks, as well as offends the sensibilities of all members of the Harvard community. While there is not consensus regarding the offensiveness (or lack thereof) of the Lampoon's humor, I think most people certainly understand the HRBSA's concern and sensitivity to the subject. To equate the concern of the HRBSA with a group under investigation for brainwashing and cooperating with a foreign intelligence service is not only offensive, but, I might add, perhaps more offensive than the Lampoon's humor which sparked half of this controversy...
...SCAAS is a sub-committee of the Harvard-Radcliffe Black Students Association (HRBSA), and is chaired by Peter Hardy. It was the SCAAS that organized the forum. The student committee's reasons for presenting the forum were two fold: first, to commemorate Malcolm X, and second, to highlight the similarities between the struggles which Malcolm confronted and those which confront Third World students, with a special emphasis on a particular fight here at Harvard--that of the Afro-American Studies Department...
...members of the Lampoon are quite concerned about the issues raised in recent weeks by the HRBSA. We regret that students have found some material in the magazine to be "racially offensive." We wish to express our concern that specific articles were received in this fashion. The Lampoon is a humor magazine; we attempt to amuse our readers by ridiculing stereotypes rather than merely by repeating or perpetuating them...