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What ensued was a distinctly American bout of soul-searching, heated debate, and pointed accusations of racism across the entire campus. The reason? The Quad revellers were black...
...particularly struck by this last week, when an incident in the Quad sparked lively discussion on campus. According to reports, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to complaints of commotion on the Quad’s public lawn during the "ABHW-BMF Challenge," a gathering put on by the Black Men’s Forum (BMF) and the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW). HUPD arrived, questioning the students’ presence on the lawn. Some present were asked to show IDs to verify that they were Harvard students. Officers then asked the students to "keep the noise down...
It’s hard to say whether or not the situation at the Quad was mishandled. The students were not asked to leave the grounds. The fact that a call was made is not surprising—typically reasonable Harvard students transform into prima donnas during exam time. That some students were asked to show IDs rubs some people the wrong way because of skin color—the claim being that they were scrutinized based on being black in a way that white students would not be. On the other hand, if a group of noisy white students...
...characterized students who had complained about the noise as having dispositions "motivated by racist attitudes." This assertion is troubling. Just as it would be inappropriate to dismiss the idea that strands of racism could exist at Harvard, it is equally offensive to presume that what happened at the Quad indicates maliciousness toward black students...
...Harvard student groups held a noisy picnic on the Quad lawn, and someone called the police...