Word: jeffriesism
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Since I've mentioned his "citadel of white supremacy" tag, I might as well point out that the way it was quoted out of context in the February 6 Crimson was manipulative and unfair. White people who have tried hard to be sensitive to minority concerns must have found this...
2. The article goes on to make a general attack on Black people at Harvard. After criticizing the BSA, it says, "As for Black students at Harvard who are not BSA members, their silence on the issue is even more disturbing. No Black Harvard student has denounced Jeffries' views in...
3. Galper and Katz go on to say "So what if King Tut was Black? What does his Blackness do for Blacks in the inner cities?... For Blacks who are enslaved to this day in Arab countries? ....Beneath all his hateful demagoguery, Jeffries offers no constructive answers to any of...
Attempts to strong-arm a community into rejecting a leader or an ideology are usually counterproductive. They make people feel isolated and defensive, which only makes them more willing to embrace a Kurt Waldheim or a Leonard Jeffries.
Let me end with an anecdote. As many of us were waiting in the long ticket-line outside Sanders Theater, I saw a television reporter and camera man get a sound bite from a young Black man. They asked him whether he thought it was a good thing that Jeffries...