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...globalization of our societies and economies actually might provide many more opportunities than the above discussion indicates. Certainly, the comfort of a safe, prosperous and leisurely existence in a guaranteed profession may vanish for almost all but a select few, and even students of this prestigious and established institution are not likely to be excluded from this development. In this respect, one can be reminded of the early 1940s...
Since my editorial "Confederate Flags Must Vanish" appeared in The Crimson on March 5, this newspaper has received much reader mail from outraged Southerners. I expected that they would be incensed with my portrayal of Dixie, and looked forward to their responses and criticism. I was disappointed by the weakness of their counter-arguments, but then again, it's pretty challenging to defend hundreds of years of inhuman slavery and several generations of equally abhorrent Jim Crow apartheid...
...editorial "Confederate Flags Must Vanish" by David W. Brown (Mar. 4) was characteristic of the prejudice shown against white Southerners by many who oppose the Confederate flag. In it, white Southerners were accused of murder, rape and general oppression of Blacks. While some whites in the South committed these acts, the statements must be qualified in order to reflect reality...
...writing in response to a recent Harvard Crimson article ("Confederate Flags Must Vanish," Editorial, March 4, 1996) and attitude here at Harvard that has deeply troubled me for some time. Throughout my time here I have never regretted my decision to choose this school and have actively joined in the multitude of positive opportunities it provides. Harvard has a fine tradition of being open to intelligent debate and the reputation of being a place where all people are accepted; however, there seems to be one group of students here that is constantly misunderstood and biased against--Southerners. As a Crimson...
This general anti-Southern consensus became all to clear to me when I read in the paper that staff editorials represent the official positions of The Crimson. Brown's article was entitled "Confederate Flags Must Vanish." I am not writing in defense of the Confederate Flag or of the racist connotations associated with it, but in defense of Harvard students from the South who were brutally stereotyped by this piece...