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...when Haley finally went to Africa has already passed into American legend, but the reenactment of the scene at the end of Roots 11 still has strong impact. When a tribal oral historian, a griot, confirms the Haley family account of Kinte's capture by white 18th century slave traders, Alex's joy is overwhelming. "You old African! I found you! I found you! I found you! I found you!" shouts out James Earl Jones, his voice bursting with sobs. The TV audience may well sob along with him. Now as before, Roots occupies a special place...
...which the ballroom is filled with trees, grass, live pigs, chickens, llamas and a tame tiger, while guests gnaw on turkey drumsticks and slurp wine out of goatskin bags. One group had an Arabian Nights party for its mostly male membership and held an auction of comely young "slave girls." Just as the successful bidders claimed their prizes, however, hotel employees dressed as commandos leaped from the balconies to rescue the maidens...
...change the name? Is the Kennedy School frankly admitting that there should be no relationship between morality and public affairs? Must we seek funds from and honor every wealthy donor, no matter how immoral their source of wealth? Should we dedicate a library to a profiteer of slave labor? Are there simply not limits to such expediency...
...that there is in fact no contract requiring the naming of the library after Engelhard. If so, why not change the name? Must we seek funds from the honor every wealthy donor, no matter how immoral their source of wealth? Should we dedicate a library to a profiteer of slave labor? Are there simply no limits to such expediency? Should not the Harvard Corporation take heed of the words of its own ACSR: "There are times when considerations of good citizenship supercede economic considerations...
There are other question that need to be asked. Why isn't the financing of all Harvard libraries and buildings subject to scrutiny? Did the endowment which subsidizes a Harvard education ever receive money from a New England slave trader or an anti-semite? Will the fear of being attacked scare off potential contributors? Should Harvard require a loyalty oath or purity pledge from students and professors as well as donors? If so, would you pass? Would your parents and grandparents pass? The father of Sophie Engelhard (KSG '77) was publicly branded as another Adolf Hitler--could your father...