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...responding to the column by Zachary S. Podolsky ’04 (“Quit the Race-Baiting, Kuumba,” Jan. 6), I will not discuss the op-ed by Savannah J. Frierson ’05 (“On Display With Kuumba,” Nov. 12). Podolsky’s initial assumptions about her piece—that it was a personal response which stood independent of any larger organizational attitudes—were entirely correct. Therefore, I want to focus solely on the issue concerning Associate Professor of Linguistics Bert Vaux...
...writer is president of the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College...
Unfortunately, though, this is not the first time this semester that members of Kuumba have been involved in this brand of behavior...
...Crimson op-ed published in November, Kuumba member Savannah J. Frierson ’05—who did not respond to repeated attempts for comment—spent 750 words passing off her own paranoid fantasies in the form of ridiculous race baiting imputations about the class of 1957, at whose 45th reunion Kuumba had recently performed...
Many of Kuumba’s songs speak of peace, community, and reconciliation. I wholeheartedly support and endorse that message, and I have long held Kuumba in high regard. It is for this reason as much as any that Kuumba members of good will should speak up and distance themselves from the reprehensible actions that have now besmirched their organization’s name not once, but twice this semester—which is two times too many...