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...David Plotz had an excellent point to make in his February 5 opinion piece titled "Politically Correct' Thought Control." PC ideology, as a prescriptive thought process that turns students into self-righteous automatons, is as repulsive and abhorrent to the conscious and thinking individual as reactionary conservatism or his own self-defined "PW" (politically wrong) ideology. Unfortunately, Plotz's cry of "PC totalitarianism" reads as an attempt to shut up the voice of traditionally oppressed groups with accusations of reverse discrimination. Systematically bombasting the grievances of the underclass, his is a clever and insidious tactic which, like...
...Plotz, The Crimson's own Assistant Magazine Editor, may feel that the "only voice that gets heard at Harvard is the voice of the PC" but unfortunately, the only voice that seems to get acted upon at Harvard is the voice of the author's self-named "PW." Plotz's charge of "PC totalitarianism" is a blatant misrepresentation of the dominant traditionalism that exudes out of every brick at Harvard. When push comes to shove, Harvard protects its own--and "its own" is white, upper middle-class, heterosexual and male...
News Editor for This Issue: Teresa A. Mullin '90 Night Editors: Brian R. Hecht '92 Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Spencer S. Hsu '90 Kelly A.E. Mason '92 Emily Mieras '91 Tara A. Nayak '92 David A. Plotz '92 Editorial Editor: Andrew J. Bates '90 Feature Editors: Colin F. Boyle '90 Ross G. Forman '90 Sports Editor: Michael D. Stankiewicz '90-'91 Photo Editor: Gavin R. Villareal '90 Business Editor: Timothy B. Peydos '92 Copy Editor: Wray Thorne...
...very happy with how we've done with Asian-American students," Chao says. "We're confident about how we treat Asian-Americans in the process." David A. Plotz contributed to the reporting of this article...
News Editor for This Issue: Susan B. Glasser '90 Night Editors: Jonathan S. Cohn '91 Ross G. Forman '90 Emily Mieras '90 Joseph R. Palmore '91 David A. Plotz '92 Features Editor: Spencer S. Hsu '90 Editorial Editor: Ross G. Forman '90 Sports Editor: Michael R. Grunwald '92 Michael D. Stankiewicz Photography Editor: Jelmar C. J. DeJong Business Editor: Michael S. Harwayne '91 Copy Editor: James P. O'Rourke...