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Underlying this statement are two assumptions that are essentially racist. The first is that non-minorities on the committee would automatically exclude minority candidates from consideration because they are not of the same "color," and that minorities in turn would automatically push for candidates of the same "color." By this reasoning, one wonder how any minority got anywhere in the first place. The second assumption is that minorities can best represent other minorities--as if "color" determines kinship of views and values monolithically...
...sure Mr. Cho is not consciously racist. And I am sure he would agree that, given the choice between choosing someone not of his "color" but of his political creed to represent him or someone like, say, me, he would choose the former, Given the choice between Mr. Cho and anyone of any color whose views were less racist. I certainly would not choose...
...truly want to be consistent that race should not be important, you would reject the ugly, racist hypothesis that Blacks are inherently less intelligent than whites. And if you took the time to interact with Black students at Harvard as individuals, instead of discounting them as a group, you would realize that they are every bit as smart as you think you are. Michael Pine...
...disseminating racist theories of her own--however ambiguously--Clarke has done nothing to refute what she abhors and has done much to poison the atmosphere further...
...failed to report this reasoning. If Clarke refused to clarify her letter in an interview, it should have been reported. Because this was not reported, I can only conclude that the editors who voted for this editorial did not take the time to understand that Clarke is not a racist. In fact, the news story which ran on the same day as Clarke's letter said. "Clarke...said those views are not offered as her own." Why did the staff choose to ignore this...