"Through [Burns's] white privilege, he has an opportunity to disseminate information that many talented African-American artists don't have in this country to this day," she said.
Andrew J. Furer '83, who teaches an expository writing class at the college called "Jazz and Literature," said the panel succesfully illustrated the controversies surrounding Burns's work.
"There are a lot of issues and there is no simple closure," he said. "There are many different worlds that intersect to talk about jazz."
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--Staff writer William M. Rasmussen can be reached at wrasmuss@fas.harvard.edu.