"It would be unfair to say he's not cultural just because he's white," he said. "One of the goals of the Harvard Foundation is cultural unity. Why shouldn't [the host] be a white person?"
Jeannette Soriano '01 said that the merit of the choice depends on what the Foundation considers a cultural artist to be.
"The host doesn't necessarily have to be a minority," she said. "But what has [Damon] done that's culturally significant?"
Courtney J. Bass '03 said she did not consider the selection a thoughtful one.
"[Damon] seems like a last-minute choice," she said.
Adam P. Bailey '01, secretary of the Foundation's Student Advisory Committee, said that while there were many choices under consideration, Damon was their top pick from the beginning.
"Matt Damon was by far the first on the list," he said.
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