Chien Wen Kung would have us believe that instituting an Asian American Studies minor is "antithetical to the idea of a university" (The Dartmouth, Jan.
To the Editor: In his May 9th letter to the editor entitled "Technical Difficulties," Andrew Grossman '02 writes that none of the incidents outlined in the May 2nd article (The Dartmouth, "Past five years marred by hate crimes toward Asians") qualify as hate crimes. While his observation may be correct, Grossman deliberately undermines the significance of these incidents by proposing that the title of the article ought to have been "Past Five Years: No Hate Crimes Directed at Asians." By definition, hate crimes are motivated by a desire to intimidate or harm a person or group based on their race, nationality, sexuality, religion, or gender.