Word: thoughtlessness
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There is a world of difference between the suggestion that a student would speak a language spoken by his or her ancestors and a thoughtless, misplaced Black stereotype. The analogy Cheng makes is ridiculously flawed--and is far more insensitive than any alleged remark or inefficiency attributed to Epps...
Certainly, many Harvard students have families who are in economic situations that enable them to leave town in the middle of the week to attend graduation. Regardless, it is a crime to limit graduation to those of us who do. Such thoughtless planning reinforces Harvard's stereotype as a university reserved for the privileged elite...
...barren legacy of nuclear war. If humanity fails to seek an accord with nature, population control may be imposed involuntarily by the environment itself. Is there room for optimism? Yes, but only if one can imagine the people of 2050 looking back at the mad spasm of consumption and thoughtless waste in the 20th century as an aberration in human history...
...second year in a row, the Undergraduate Council scheduled a social event in direct conflict with the Valentine's Day AIDS Benefit Ball sponsored by AIDS Education and Outreach. Why would an organization which is supposedly dedicated to supporting student groups and to advocating student concerns be so thoughtless as to compete with the main fundraiser of a group espousing such a worthy cause...
...message to bicyclists will also require less tolerance on the part of pedestrians who meet them on their way. Thoughtless bicyclists do not deserve the respect which pedestrians' customary deference and dilence imply. When safe, a pedestrian confronted with a bicyclist should not get out of the way. And when a bicyclist bolts around from behind, the pedestrian should make known his or her indignation...