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Rumpus magazine yale1/6/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() But it is worthwhile to note that the majority of the specific lines cited as offensive were direct quotations from sources within the Yale community (but outside of Rumpus), which were subsequently attributed incorrectly to the authors of the articles and to Rumpus as a whole. More importantly, to go through the whole article, tagging each line as defensible or indefensible would be petty and, again, miss the larger issues at stake. This is a social debate, not a legal one, and to claim that it is a legal issue would steamroll the nuances of the discussion. Laying the foundation of our position based on a freedom of speech argument would be glib it would be cheap, and it would devalue the positions of everyone involved in the situation. For those who were offended by the material, we will not now encourage them to, as Hung and Wong describe, “lighten up or learn how to take a joke.” We respect everyone’s right to express any opinion on the matter, but we would like the opportunity to explain the intent behind the article and acquit ourselves of the charge of racism, while also apologizing to those for whom the article caused personal pain. We, as the editorial board of Rumpus, would like to say that racism was never the intended tone or message of the articles. This column accompanied a News article (“AASA accuses publications of racism,” 4/17) reporting on the letter of complaint to the administration containing an accusation of racism with reference to our paired articles, “Me Love You Long Time: Yale’s Case of Yellow Fever” and “Miscegenation Station: Interracial Dating at Yale.” In their recent column, Christine Hung and Annette Wong lodge the complaint that certain publications, the latest issue of Rumpus among them, “employ generalizations that are not only uninformed but derogatory towards Asian-American men, Asian-American women, those in interracial relationships and women in general” (“Racially based humor reflects badly on school,” 4/17). ![]()
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