Article January 20, 2003 ISSUE

'Love is the question and the answer'

MIT senior lecturer emeritus and former Massachusetts state representative Mel King speaks about prejudice in his life.

By Kim Shippey Senior Writer

Mel King, who has experienced discrimination "many, many, many" times in his life, doesn't hesitate when you ask him how prejudice can be healed: "Teaching ... good teaching."

He once wrote a young woman who longed to be an effective teacher: "In the middle of the word teacher is each. Then he and her. Of course it starts with t (tea). It gets better as it steeps. In the best sense, it's the relationship that kindles the fire."

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