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...full consequences of the alleged slur and burglary are still uncertain. The three brothers accused of the burglary have been placed on academic probation and the fate of the chapter is shaky, as it faces possible suspension by the national headquarters of the organization. Incredibly, some members of the fraternity seemed more concerned with criticizing the newspaper that printed the negative story rather than refuting the charges of burglary...
...students who certainly have the critical faculties to assess what they are watching. The pretense that all this amounts to almost “propaganda” and “indoctrination” is an insult to the intelligence of our students. It is also a slur on the dedicated work being carried out by 10 gifted teaching fellows...
...Paul Theroux’s memoir of his friendship with V.S. Naipaul, Naipaul hisses a typically vain slur at the Nobel Prize committee, after it has failed yet again to recognize the work of the objectively superior writer—V.S. Naipaul. “The Nobel committee are doing it again, as they do every year,” says Naipaul. “Pissing on literature. Pissing from a great height...
That fateful day, Saif received his first hate mail. For Yassine, it was an epithet later that day at a soccer game where he was harranged with the slur motherfucking terrorist by the opposing goalie. This was after Yassine himself had called for a prayer at the beginning of the game to remember victims of the tragedies. I ignored it, and told the captain of the other team about it, Yassine said...
Some suggested that the term may not be as offensive as it would have been if used decades earlier. Sen said some Pakistanis are appropriating the word for themselves. Fatima Raja ’03, a Pakistani, said the slur seemed to be gaining a modicum of acceptance...