See below Harvard Crimson article today (Dec 12th) and the tone is very unfortunate. We need to let them know that we are not going to tolerate this by phone, email and fax to Harvard and Harvard Crimson (see details below). Much of the communication we have been having with Harvard President and Dean has been cc'ed to both President and Managing editor of Harvard Crimson. They don't seem to care and
this articles shows plain arrogance and how bad things are. Something rotting seriously at Harvard.
Why is Indian businessmen, Ratan Tata donated 50 million dollars and Sudha Murthy donate 5+ million for this nonsense. Did they not protect free speech of Alan Dershowitz who asked to bulldoze villages of Palestine in response to terrorism? Did they not publish Danish Cartoons? Did they not shamelessly take 20 millon from Saudi prince, the ruling establishment that teaches the most intolerance, no women rights and teaches hate from young age that bred 9/11 terrorists (see Sekhar Vemula article that is telling)? Who do they think they are?
Perhaps as someone told me, the only thing they will listen is lawsuit, a major lawsuit which only Dr. Swamy can file and many US law firms will happily do pro bono.
We need people to reach out to Sudha Murthy, Ratan Tata and others who might have donated and reach out to Harvard students itself.
Here are things to do:
1) Go to this link and provide a fitting but balanced response.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/12/12/swamy-racism-dismissal/
2) Call President Office and Dean office and send email to their assistants as well. Express that your thoughts on the way Harvard Crimson is writing and ask them if free speech is respected in Harvard and why Saudi would accept Saudi donation.
President Dr. Faust:
617-495-0505, 617-495-0502, Pres...@Harvard.edu,
Her assistant: Katie...@harvard.edu
Dean Mike Smith:
617-495-1566, mike_...@harvard.edu.
His assistant: gei...@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Crimson Editorial board:
President: Naveen Srivatsa: sriv...@fas.harvard.edu
Managing Editor: Elias J. Groll: egr...@fas.harvard.edu
Editorial: Anita J. Joseph: Unknown
Editorial: James K. McAuley: mcau...@college.harvard.edu (469-371-5758)
Blog: George T. Fournier: Unknown
Here is the article that appeared today (Dec 12th) :
So Long Swamy
There is no room for hateful rhetoric at Harvard
Published: Monday, December 12, 2011
On Dec. 6, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted by a large majority to exclude
Indian economist Subramanian Swamy’s courses from this year’s Harvard
Summer School offerings. The proposal, brought forward by Comparative
Religion Professor Diana L. Eck, referenced Swamy’s inflammatory op-ed
published last year in the Indian newspaper Daily News and Analysis. In
the piece, Swamy calls for the destruction of mosques as retaliation
for terrorist attacks in India, as well as the disenfranchisement of
Indian Muslims who refuse to acknowledge Hindu ancestry. Swamy's op-ed
clearly constitutes hate speech, by even the most lenient definition. As
a matter of principle, there is no place for hate speech in the Harvard
community. Regardless of whether Swamy’s article actually has the
ability to incite violence, the worthless, hateful bile contained
therein itself ought to disqualify the man from teaching at our
University. The faculty’s decision to remove Swamy from the teaching
roster was wise, just, and reasonable.
For better or for worse,
the Harvard name has the ability to lend authority, legitimacy, and
gravitas to anyone wielding it. Indeed, Swamy has been known to invoke
his status as a Harvard professor to bolster his image in India.
Considering that Swamy uses whatever prominence he has as a platform to
malign the world’s Muslims, trumpeting a thickheaded and violent brand
of Hindu hyper-nationalism, Harvard must not continue to add legitimacy
to his name. Swamy has shown himself to be unfit to be a member of the
Harvard community, and we are thrilled that he will not be teaching this
summer.
Although Swamy’s words alone would be reason enough to
revoke his permission to teach, there is the further concern that his
publications may incite religious violence. We live in a world that is
already too plagued by sectarian conflict and needless bloodshed; the
possibility that a Harvard faculty member would contribute to such
tragedy is unthinkable. Again, there is no place for such a person on
the Harvard faculty. Swamy has argued
that FAS’s decision is “dangerous” and infringes on his right to free
speech. Yet, there is an important line between speech that is
unpopular and controversial—and which ought to be protected—and that
which is needlessly inflammatory and indefensible. It’s clear which
side of the line Swamy’s words fall on.
The Harvard community has
an obligation to maintain a minimum standard of decency among its
members. Those who stand for bigotry, hatred, and violence have no
place instructing students or wearing the Harvard name. We commend the
faculty for their principled decision.
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