Word: incidentally
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Vorenberg said in his statement that "I verymuch regret that this incident occurred," and wenton to say that he would instruct thestudent-faculty committee to discuss broad policyquestions concerning the rights of speakers andprotestors at the Law School.
HARVARD OFFICIALS have displayed this readiness to cancel events in the face of minor incidents several times, most notably during the Kent-Brown incident last year, when several Harvard students attempted a blockade during the South African diplomat's speech. Harvard Police rushed Kent-Brown out of the room as...
Calero wanted to finish his speech. And during last year's Kent-Brown incident, the protestors presented no violent threat at all. Yet the administration closed down both of these speeches. This is a bizarre way to promote the freedom of speech which the Administration claims to value so highly...
No matter what Patterson's motives, it is time to say that no racist remark or incident can be overlooked or dismissed. When people accept casual racial slurs, they reinforce attitudes that have no place. Such intolerable attitudes can lead to more overt and destructive racism.
Nevertheless, the incident shouldn't evoke self-righteous condemnation of Patterson. Passing judgement on him on the basis of this incident, no matter how reprehensible it was, is both premature and arrogant.