Word: swastika
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...When the swastika finally came down, I was pleased that a good example was set for this community. Someone had finally shown the moral strength to remove a symbol after finding out that it caused pain, just as those with the Confederate flags should do. It is the right thing, the compassionate thing...
...know why the swastika was put up. It was not an anti-Semitic act, nor should anyone perceive it as such. It was put up in order to shock the Harvard community into an understanding of what the Confederate flag means for Black people...
...when Jacinda T. Townsend '92 taped a black swastika to her Cabot House window in response to the whole affair, she upped the ante touching a raw nerve, particularly in the Jewish community. Almost too coincidentally, the controversial flags were hung just as parents of juniors were arriving for a weekend of University-sponsored activities...
Townsend removed her swastika earlier this week in what she called an effort to avoid a rift between Blacks and Jews, but the two Confederate flags remain...
...Confederate Flag in Kirkland. Then another in Cabot. Finally, a swastika banner sets the stage for a heated debate about hate speech and the limits of the First Amendment...