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== Removal of large quote, from ''Record'' ==
I have removed the following for now. I am not wedded to this decision, but am placing it here for the time being, while any wiser than I seek a way to place it appropriately in the (revised) article.
<blockquote>Present at the meeting was Assistant Professor of Art [[Laylah Ali]] '90. Ali is African-American. Professor of Art Ed Epping [http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?section=news&view=article&id=5847 claimed that]
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“All of the faculty who witnessed what happened at the meeting were stunned,†said Ed Epping, professor of art. “The force of the statement directed at Professor Ali was such that there was no way for Professor Ali to remain in the room.†Epping is on sabbatical in New York this semester, but was in attendance at the department meeting last spring.
When asked if he had been troubled by any public misconceptions of the incident, Epping said, “What I believe is not being discussed as fully as is required...is the vehemence with which this phrase was spoken and the directness of its intent.†It may read otherwise on paper, he said, but “the word ‘nigger’ was not used in that situation as a metaphor.â€
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</blockquote>--[[User:05jl|05jl]] 19:11, 14 March 2006 (EST)