A prestigious law fellowship, a coveted federal appeals court clerkship and the graduation magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. Camara, a native Filipino who grew up in Hawaii actually enrolled in Harvard Law School at the age of 16. Everything seemingly on track for a perfect carreer, but the results of a Google search reveal something from Camara’s past. “During Camara’s first year at Harvard Law School in 2002, he fueled a controversy when he wrote racist remarks in a voluminous summary of a 1948 Supreme Court decision that barred estrictive covenants based on race. He then posted the writing on a Web site designed to help other law students.” The racist comment still affects Camara even after 5 years, never mind that it was written at the age of 16.
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Okay, so this may be a minor point, but I noticed that (as opposed to the Washingtonpost.com article) the origial http://www.hlrecord.org article (from 2002) doesn’t mention Camara’s age. Now normally this might not be important, but as you mention in your commentary, Camara was 16.
Maybe The Record feels that anyone attending Harvard Law deserves to be treated as an adult, good or bad.
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