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