Word: patterson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last January, Jack C. Patterson '88--a starting safety on the team--made a racist phone call to a Black attendant at the Currier House bells desk. The student had already been the victim of an earlier physical attack: four students had shattered a Currier window with an orange...
...Patterson called the student at the desk, saying, "Negro hit squad strikes again." Greg Williams '88, a defensive lineman, followed up Patterson's call with a non-racial but intimidating call of his own. The Ad Board found that the four people who shattered the window were unaware of the phone calls...
...pretty much understood among the players that Greg's role in the situation was limited," said offensive lineman Maurice Frilot '88, who is one five Black players on the varsity football team. "As far as Patterson, his comment was more outright and a lot more explicit...
Finally, the greater consequence of the Ad Board's recent decision is to ignore the threatening racial nature of the Currier House incident. Williams shared a room with Jack Patterson, the student who placed the first call, stating, "Negro hit squad strikes again," and who subsequently had to withdraw for one year. Even though Williams did not specifically use the term "Negro" in his phone call, the two calls had the similar effect of inciting fear in the individual victim. We fail to see justification for the Ad Board's division of the three actions in terms of the racial...
...Patterson will be gone from Harvard for a year. Who benefits? The Black attendant? Patterson? The community...