Word: kuumba
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Last month, Kuumba demanded an apology from Vaux for daring to say that their brief performance at the beginning of “Knowledge of Language” made a good segue into a discussion of Ebonics...
...might say, as Kuumba president Johanna N. Paretzky ’03 was quoted in The Crimson saying, “The segue was very clear, and it caught everyone off guard.” Whatever that means...
Whether the offended members of Kuumba themselves have this misconception about Ebonics—and that is why they were upset by Vaux’s segue—I do not know. What I do know is that this whole unfortunate and unnecessary incident is ignominious to the complainers and their organization, and not to Bert Vaux...
...this point, be thinking: OK, OK—so some Kuumba members had a little gaffe with Bert Vaux—everyone is allowed a mistake every now and then, even if that mistake is reckless, misinformed and potentially damaging to the reputation of an innocent party...
Unfortunately, though, this is not the first time this semester that members of Kuumba have been involved in this brand of behavior...