"Harvard Law School students need to be reminded every so often about our elitism," he adds.
Law School spokesperson Michael Chmura says that the press created a controversy where one did not exist.
"The Boston Globe started it off," Chmura says, referring to an article alleging that the book is a parable about Harvard's history of racial discrimination. "I haven't noticed any reaction [on campus]."
He adds that 25 percent of Law School students are minorities and that 47 percent of this year's entering class were women.
Dahlie declined to comment for this article, while Mamet--author of such well-renowned plays as "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "American Buffalo"--has not given an interview about his book thus far.
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