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Lauren N. Westbrook ’07, a model in the show and an ABHW member, said Tyson overlooked the fact that the models chose their own outfits and in some instances pushed the directors to enhance the sexual nature of their performances...
...Tyson, who works at a Boston Area Rape Crisis Center and a girls’ detention center, wrote that young African American women need role models and that African-American Harvard students participating in Eleganza failed to live up to that...
...There are a very small percentage of African Americans who are lucky enough to make it to college, let alone the Ivy League, let alone Harvard,” Tyson said. “I think that with the privilege comes an extra level of responsibility...
...Melvin said Tyson’s criticism ultimately boiled down to artistic disagreement, and that he wished Tyson had e-mailed the Eleganza executive board prior to submitting her letter to open lists...
...Tyson, who included advice in her e-mail for the students about protecting their futures—particularly, by avoiding recordings of such performances—said her primary goal in writing the e-mail was to help students as much as possible...