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...reasons that Harvard is such an interesting place is the plethora of active, vocal student groups on campus. The wide range of student organizations helps undergraduates to appreciate the diversity of their peers. However, one student group persistently avoids becoming visible and influential--the Harvard chapter of the Ku Klux Klan...
...natural allies among conservative and right-wing students. It will not be too hard to persuade some of them to switch from promoting covert prejudice to endorsing overt racism. For example, fans of The Bell Curve are potential converts. Although it will be a bitter struggle, Harvard's Ku Klux Klan must organize...
...main purposes of the Ku Klux Klan was to intimidate black people and force them to live in fear. The Klan's activities (i.e. cross burnings, lynchings) also provided diversions for racist whites. Fortunately, the Klan is not able to terrorize black people as much anymore, and thus, the racist graffiti in Mather House does not really frighten anyone. It will not undermine the current state of race relations at the College. Yet, this graffiti demonstrates that even Harvard students still take pleasure in cowardly and despicable acts. It demonstrates the enduring nature of racial hatred in our society...
...such as "Eyes on the Prize." These visual records illustrate Dixie's depravity and demonstrate the rebel flag's racist connotations--in the turbulent '50s and '60s, no good segregationist was seen without the stars and bars, which was frequently emblazoned on a vest or embroidered on a Ku Klux Klan robe...
...South's continued fondness for the Confederate flag. Anyone who does not acknowledge that this flag stands for murder, lynching, rape and treason cannot be regarded as possessing good judgement. The Confederate flag embodies indignities from the plantation to segregated schools. It represents White Citizens' Councils and the Ku Klux Klan, cross burnings and castrations. It is stained with the blood of innocents and heroes from Emmitt Till to Medgar Evers...