Much of the reaction has been predictable: eye-rolling laced with schadenfreude (it didn't help that the name of the group was "Harvard Memes for Horny Bourgeois Teens"). Harvard should not teach its students to be afraid to joke in private, among people willing to joke back." But Harvard is better off denying admission to the students than accepting them with a mere reprimand. The difference here is that the "Horny Bourgeois Teens" were not yet matriculated, and Harvard was well within its rights to disinvite them. If there were a real-world screening test to identify students whose sense of privilege would prevent them from benefiting from the full sweep of Harvard's cultural and social resources, creating and actively participating in a group like "Horny Bourgeois Teens" would be it.

Source: CNN June 06, 2017 16:41 UTC