Word: racism
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...were not calling Jeffrey Vanke a foul name. We were fitting an analytical classification to his amoral discourse about our country's sad history of violating black folks' humanity under Southern slavocracy and modern racism. This is no different than the classification that Native Americans put around the slaughter of their ancestors during the European conquest of North America and the subsequent "pacification" during the formative years of the American republic--that classification being "genocide" and thus those perpetrating this being "genocidists." Similarly, our classification of Jeffrey Vanke's amoral discourse was no different than the analytical classification that Jewish...
...ridiculous to suggest that by debating Professor Mansfield he may have "refined his opinions." You cannot refine racism. The point of this protest was to point out to Mansfield that his comments about the performance of black students were unsubstantiated and had no place in Harvard's "marketplace of ideas...
...highly ironic that in Harvard's "marketplace of ideas" Mansfield's racist comments are elevated because they are opinions expressed through editorial writing while Jason B. Phillips '99 is degraded and demonized for attacking such comments through protest. This is the irony that allows racism to flourish, even at Harvard. We would urge Blanc and anyone who is concerned about the race problem in America to write, debate and attempt to change the opinions of people who are misguided or confused and to follow your own advice and contact...
...Black Social Workers, say a child may never learn about their cultural heritage or may suffer emotional hardship if raised by parents of another race, says TIME's Sharon Epperson. "Opponents say white parents need to recognize that this is a child of color who will face all the racism they never faced." Epperson notes that opponents believe that if white parents do not teach adopted children of color about their history or address the unique discrimination these children face growing up, then they are doing them no great service. All parties involved in the adoption process -->