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Both the public apology to Professor Orlando Patterson on the front page of the September 12 Crimson and your joint letter of explanation on page A-2 of the same issue are so pitifully inadequate to the situation that they cannot be allowed to pass without comment...
...called "review" of Patterson's course was not just racially "insensitive." It was blatantly and grossly racist. To consider it potentially humorous to make a mockery of ethnic characteristics is not mere insensitivity; it is a familiar and disgusting element of real racism. Patterson and the rest of the Harvard community deserve something better than the weak and weasel-worded offerings that you have provided...
Your apology to Patterson for falsely describing him as a Marxist is, of course, a red (!) herring. It is the racism of the review that is offensive, and it is that aspect that needs to be addressed in a more forthcoming manner. So how about a franker apology, not only in print to us all, but to Professor Patterson in person. Henderson Professor of the Psychology of Personality Brendan A. Maher...
Editor's Note: The president of The Crimson has already apologized in person to Professor Patterson...
...David Stires (Jr., 6-2, 214) LB 37 JOHN LAUSCH (Jr., 6-0, 215) 45 David Weiss (Sr., 6-1, 215) ADJ 39 CHRIS PILLSBURY (So., 6-2, 190) 33 Dehdan Miller (So., 6-2, 207) FS 10 SEAN KOSCHO (Jr., 6-1, 180) 4 Mike Patterson (Sr., 6-1, 175) CB 29 GREG BELSHER (Jr., 6-1, 175) 27 Bill Mitchell (Jr. 5-11, 185) CB 3 ROBERT SANTOS (So., 6-1, 190) 21 Martin Bowen...