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...disagree with Larew's belittling the importance of AWARE Week, and his implication that it is a waste of time for Harvard students just because widespread overt racism has not been manifested on our campus...
...Larew notes his "indignation at the paltry turnout" at a previous AWARE week. But poor attendance does not necessarily indicate a poor event. This year's AWARE Week features a strong list of events and speakers, but may still suffer from a lack of publicity...
...Larew's editorial suggests that Harvard has not been the scene of any overt expressions of racism on the level of the Ku Klux Klan's boasting. Good, I'm glad to hear it. However, are we to pat ourselves on the back for dwelling in a haven of political correctness and wag a condescending finger at any who would be so gauche as to suggest otherwise? Larew himself pointed to the keynote address of AWARE Week '89, which suggested that the majority (85 percent) of racist sentiments were not expressed overtly...
...three publicized instances of "genuine, hateful racism" that Larew acknowledges are not enough to worry about, then how much is enough? What about the possibility that along with those, 17 instances of subtle racism might be even more likely to occur? Or should we abandon tolerance and understanding, and willfully decline opportunities to gain perspective...
...left, then, with two alternatives. One is to follow Larew's reasoning: Racism and ethnocentrism exist outside the gates of Harvard, and "time's a-wasting" to engage in the fight. End of article, and end of reasoning too, I would imagine. Or we can, while we are here, share our feelings and attitudes with each other, and perhaps devise a way of dealing with what lies beyond Johnston Gate in that less 'politically correct' world we so soon will be heading back into...