Word: quaded
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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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...
...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...
...furor over the incident is a case of hypersensitivity on all sides: Quad residents were unnecessarily territorial and were too quick filing a noise complaint—though during reading period it's tough to blame them—and the organizations hosting the event, the Association of Black Harvard Women and the Black Men’s Forum, were too hasty to use the R-word to describe the police's being called...
None of this is to say that racism isn't a problem at Harvard. But if there is something positive to emerge from the Quad lawn incident, it is the “I Am Harvard” campaign. Launched at Primal Scream last Wednesday night, the campaign, lead primarily by black students, intends to address issues of race and belonging on this campus...