[GSC-Diversity-All] Fwd: [Bgsainfo] Tufts Racist Carol Controversy?

[Elizabeth Margarette Clay]

Have you heard about this, at Tufts in Medford?

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    Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:17:24 -0500
    From: Briana J Stephenson <briste32 at MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: Briana J Stephenson <briste32 at MIT.EDU>
 Subject: tufts Carol Controversy
      To: bsu at mit.edu, sistas at mit.edu, ccity at mit.edu, nsbe at mit.edu,
bgsa at mit.edu, alphas at mit.edu

Hey everyone,

I know some of you have already heard about the Black senior student at Tufts
who was being harassed and thrown rocks a couple weeks ago. Instead of things
getting better, it appears matters are getting worse. Some of you may have
already heard of the Christmas Carol published in Tufts University's student
publication, The Primary Source (a journal of conservative thought).  This was
published December 6, 2006, in their Silver Anniversary issue. Many Black
students at Tufts have already began protesting, and have even contacted the
press to let more people know.  To view the poem see below, I also have a link
to the press coverage by CBS. It was also on Fox News and today on The CW's ten
o' clock news.

Keeping you all informed,

Briana Stephenson
BSU Co-Publicity Chair
Class of 2007

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O Come All Ye Black Folk (sung to the tune of O Come All Ye Faithful)

O Come All Ye Black Folk
Boisterous, yet desirable
O come ye, O come ye to out university
Come and we will admit you,
Born in to oppression;
O come, let us accept them,
O come, let us accept them,
O come, let us accept them,
Fifty-Two black freshmen.

O sing, gospel choirs,
We will accept your children,
No matter what your grades are F's D's or G's
Give them privileged status; We will welcome all.
O come, let us accept them,
O come, let us accept them,
O come, let us accept them,
Fifty-Two black freshmen.

All come! Blacks, we need you,
Born into the ghetto.
O Jesus! We need you now to fill our racial quotas.
Descendents of Africa, with brown skin arriving:
O come, let us accept them,
O come, let us accept them,
O come, let us accept them,
Fifty-two black freshmen

CBS Boston: http://cbs4boston.com/local/local_story_344221842.html

Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/12/11/tufts_editor_apologizes_for_satire_aimed_at_affirmative_action/


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