Letters

From the July 2000 issue

(Page 4 of 4)

The handouts were profoundly misleading, but I apologize for that significant error. Ms. Barlaz did note, in her formal presentation, that "it was very hard to get any of the other white members of the committee to go for the training that the U.S. Department of Justice provided free of charge," and she explicitly explained a few lines later that "both the National Conference of Christians and Jews and the Community Relation Service of the Department of Justice both do exercises that are very similar on conflict resolution style." If they intended a distinction despite the two "both"s, it was not clear.

I in no way twisted their views or agendas. My article concerned diversity training (of which freshman orientation was merely one sad instance). The article originally offered a longer history of their Adelphi Prejudice Reduction Committee, but an editorial conference wisely chose to examine their thought, not their Committee's itinerary toward pending rebirth. My "focus" was the world view, practice, and aspirations of campus social engineers who seek to "train" free individuals on intimate matters of belief and identity.

Ms. Bynes and Ms. Barlaz may regret it now, but they were exceptionally forthcoming on tape about how far they wished they could go in "training" the entire Adelphi campus, about the "white privilege" of faculty and students who happened to be born incorrectly, and about the need to overcome by "incentives" union objections to mandatory diversity seminars for the faculty. Having listened to the tape yet again, I think that I was not only wholly fair to them but, indeed, that my analyses were moderate and particularly kind to their reputations.

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