Word: pappinã
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...ethnic or sexist stereotypes. If this had been the case, I question not only whether people’s response to the letter would have been the same, but whether The Crimson would have published such a piece at all. The problem is that homophobia—of which Pappin??s letter is a particularly insidious example—is not being put on the same platform as racism, anti-Semitism or other equally disgusting forms of hate; to diminish it thus is both ignorant and incredibly dangerous, as the secret court of 1920 showed...
...diploma from this university without first having learned how to live in a society based on respect for each other and our differences. If it is true that Harvard students are our world’s future leaders, then be assured, the stakes are huge. A return to Pappin??s notion of “traditional morality” would be a nightmare none of us can afford...
...actions in 1920 to expel homosexuals “is to declare that the College should not attempt to maintain any level of moral decency whatever” (Letters, “Secret Court Rightly Punished Immorality,” Dec. 9). This is a result of Pappin??s unquestioning confidence in his interpretation of “traditional morality,” an interpretation, which as his language indicates, ultimately rests on repression, discipline and the silencing of other viewpoints and lifestyles...
...Harvard will not suffer from a hierarchy that privileges uniformity and the stifling of individual identity. Expulsion devastated the lives of those forced to withdraw in 1920. The result of discrimination was not a better or more decent university, but the shame and suicide of many of those involved. Pappin??s lack of sympathy for the real and human consequences of his “moral decency” is not just indecent, but deplorable...
...Pappin??s comments go directly to the heart of who should compose our community. Who will be left out of Pappin??s university? Who amongst our friends, colleagues, mentors and teachers will he cast out beyond the locked gates of the Yard? Mr. Pappin, Harvard is not the Puritan college of 1636 or the New England finishing school of 1920; Harvard is the great research university of 2002. We changed and ceased to fear the diversity and freedom that tolerance permits. So should...