Word: racists
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...compare my case to [that of] migrants coming from the south. Society is more vibrant and creative if its citizens are culled from as many races as possible. But I think we must not tie ourselves down to accusing anyone who raises the matter of numbers as being a racist...
...declared supporters of divestment from Israel to be anti-Semitic. The criticism stifled legitimate debate and it was still dampening discussion a year later, when I arrived at Harvard. Summers himself was also the victim of baseless accusations. Protestors outside a faculty meeting in 2005 accused Summers of being racist and anti-gay. My freshman spring, I watched Lecturer Brian C.W. Palmer ’86 and a few students in his class, Religion 1529, “Personal Choice and Global Transformation,” berate Summers, the invited guest speaker, for supposedly valuing money over human dignity...
...course there are legitimate arguments and concerns behind these statements. But the valid issues are obscured by name-calling and disrespect. When people shout over their opponents, or throw around words like “racist,” “homophobic,” or “anti-Semitic” without strong evidence, they not only insult those they attack, they discredit themselves. They appear irrational and closed to discussion, thereby killing any chance of people engaging in any meaningful or intelligent debate...
...Latino prisoners in the Southwest who do intricate ink drawings on squares of ripped sheets and other material. Mead makes copies of the works, scans and posts them on his website, charging a small commission fee if they sell. He says he rejects any art that he considers racist, sexist or homophobic and does not sell pieces by notorious killers. Recently, he refused artwork from Christopher Scarver, whose claim to fame is killing Jeffrey Dahmer...
...evidenced by accusations of hyper-sensitivity and race-baiting following the Quad incident, it seems as though the general attitude has not been to learn from our country’s racist past, but to disengage from it. Underlying the refusal to acknowledge the painful reality of racism is the agonizing fear that racism still exists, or even worse, that one may be racist. In some cases, the aversion to racism even manifests itself in destructive ways; racism is so detestable that, in fear, we convince ourselves that it is no longer a problem...