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...disgusted and outraged by the Peninsula's advertisement and sponsorship of an event entitled: "Spade Kicks: A Symposium on Modernity and the Negro as a Paradigm of Sexual Liberation." The terms "spade" and "Negro" used to identify African-Americans have angered and offended the Black community. "Spade" is an epithet similar to "nigger" in its derogatory denotation of African-Americans. Likewise, while the term "Negro" was historically used to describe African-Americans until the 1960s, its usage without qualification is now considered unacceptable and offensive. Furthermore, the title's assertion of the "Negro as a Paradigm of Sexual Liberation" invokes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Masked Racism | 4/24/1992 | See Source »

...walkout took place six days after Peninsulamembers posted a flyer advertising the symposiumin Cabot and Mather Houses. The flyer, whichcontained the words "spade" and "Negro" and showeda Black woman performing a striptease for a whiteaudience, was condemned by the Black StudentsAssociation (BSA) and also by College officials,who issued a statement Tuesday calling the flyer"offensive, hurtful and insensitive...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BSA Describes Campus As `Hostile Environment' | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

...conservative magazine posted the flyer last Thursday in Cabot and Mather Houses to advertise a forum entitled "Spade Kicks: A Symposium on Modernity and the Negro as a paradigm of Sexual Liberation...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deans Call Flyer `Insensitive' | 4/22/1992 | See Source »

...pretty standard--it's not going to changethe hurt that Black students feel," said Nelson,who denounced the flyer's use of the terms "spade"and "Negro" as "hate speech...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deans Call Flyer `Insensitive' | 4/22/1992 | See Source »

McDonald said that people do not understand theposter. The phrase "Spade Kicks" is a reference toJack Kerouac's book On the Road, he said...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde., CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Peninsula Flier Draws Accusations of Racism | 4/17/1992 | See Source »

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