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<p>I don’t think you’ve been on the Dartmouth campus lately. The student body would appear at a casual glance to be roughly 50% “people of color.” There are plenty of Jews, too, you know. I also wonder if you’ve strolled around Harvard Square lately. The racial makeup there would appear to be very much the same as in Hanover.</p>
<p>I also think that you aren’t aware that according to the commentary on this issue in Boston.com the heckling at events such as Harvard hockey games is exactly like that at the infamous squash match. But of course the hecklers are masked by a larger crowd, and the Boston Globe, aka the Harvard House Organ, isn’t going to report on it because according to those who frequent such events it is expected in that milieu. It is not expected at a squash match.</p>
<p>And frankly, the idea that the minority population of the Boston area has any idea what goes on at Harvard squash matches is pretty ridiculous.</p>
<p>Note that I am NOT excusing this stuff. I find “humor” of this sort to be degrading to all concerned, no matter WHO does it.</p>
<p>I am bemused by the dredging up of instances of apparent racism on the part of Dartmouth Review-related people 20 or more years ago. On the other hand, the lingering presence–if it exists-- of that strain at D is sure to please Thomas Sowell and the other authors of “Finding the Right College,” not to mention our very own CC right wingers who claim that everyone else is too sensitive.</p>