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...These years at the college represent a rebirth and growing up…. The difference is that we chose it for ourselves??. We understood the risks involved in the decision and began anyway...
...faculty) international. We live in a moment of unprecedented American power and influence in the world. Harvard is perhaps the most famous American university outside of this country. With all this renown comes responsibility: to admit frankly how little we know, to seek knowledge of others and of ourselves??indeed to see ourselves as others see us—and to avoid pride, even when others accord us pride of place...
...learning that engages students and fosters truly high standards. Such classrooms are far removed from the dynamic discourse surrounding Exeter’s Harkness Tables or the comprehensive oral examinations at Central Park East. Such classrooms do not have time to devote to “Facing History and Ourselves?? or to uncovering the mathematical roots of pi. By precluding these kinds of opportunities for students, such classrooms systematize mediocrity. They do not prepare students to make choices, to establish new paths to understanding, or ultimately to break the cycle of inequality...
That is why, if we do not join the protesters ourselves??in fact, the vast majority of us choose not to—we offer them our tacit support. We infer from their tirades the progressive visions they should be advocating. We allow them to shape the landscape of political debate, centering the ideological spectrum around their radical liberalism and radicalizing moderate conservative perspectives. We allow angry protesters to define the zeitgeist of the Harvard experience...
Let’s not kid ourselves??if this incident had occurred between a white and a black man, it would have caused an explosion of outrage. Had Yao Ming been black or Hispanic, no one would have dared to broadcast such racial taunts over national radio for fear of widespread backlash. Why then does American society find it acceptable, and even humorous, to mock an individual of Chinese descent? Evidently, Americans hold a double standard with regard to political correctness. A standard that denies basic respect to Asians in America...