Want to File a Discrimination Complaint? Good Luck.
In its September edition, an article in the Harvard Salient used rhetoric that closely mirrored a speech by Adolf Hitler.
Even though The Crimson provided College Dean David J. Deming with a copy of the article, he declined to comment on it, choosing not to take this moment to denounce the use of a Nazi phrase in a magazine distributed directly to many dorms on campus. Instead, he said he would not look into the article unless he received a complaint.
We wanted to file one — through the Non-Discrimination and Anti-Bullying complaint procedure — but were shocked by the onerous process for doing so.
If the College is not going to pursue an investigation into the Salient’s vile speech — even when they are aware it occurred — without a complaint being filed, the University needs to substantially revise its procedure for filing those complaints.