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After luring Jada Pinkett Smith to campus to accept its award for Artist of the Year, the Harvard Foundation has attracted another Hollywood honoree to Harvard...
...chairs of the Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA), we were perplexed and frustrated after seeing “Pinkett Smith’s Remarks Debated” (News, Mar. 2) and the ensuing comment “A Jaded Perspective” (Mar. 3). We feel that clarification to your readership is necessary...
...course, the biggest controversy on campus has been the furor over University President Lawrence H. Summers’ comments on gender and science. But the problem of “overdoing it” was also evident last week after Jada Pinkett Smith’s “heteronormative” comments at Cultural Rhythms. I am not arguing that critics of both Summers and Pinkett Smith are wrong or raising unimportant issues; to the contrary, the recent discussions at Harvard about gender and sexuality are immensely significant within and beyond the gates of Harvard...
...problem is not with the topics we are debating; the problem is how we are debating them. It’s not that the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) was offended by Pinkett Smith’s comments and wanted to further a discussion about sensitivity to issues of sexuality. The problem is that they then demanded a letter of apology from the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations. I support Harvard students voicing their opinions against Summers’ comments, but the recent motion to censure Summers goes...
...terming Pinkett Smith’s speech “heterosexist discourse,” the BGLTSA serves only to isolate and alienate proponents of a respect for diversity. Instead of condemning Pinkett Smith, the BGLTSA should have focused on their objective: forming a productive discourse with the Foundation in order “to inform future speakers that they will be speaking to an audience diverse in race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender and class...