If you take offense at the way Gentlemen’s Quarterly depicts Morehouse in its September issue, blame it on what GQ calls the “Fonzworth Bentley” effect.
The magazine skewers some of the nation’s most revered institutions, with Morehouse appearing prominently on the list of schools GQ admits to holding some prejudice against.
In its note to readers regarding the list’s “methodology”, GQ writes: “First we think about people who annoy us…Then we write down what colleges they went to…”.
GQ’s inflammatory remarks about what it takes to be a Morehouse Man these days includes such lifestyle essentials as: “Yellow V-neck sweater with orange-and-blue bow tie”, and “box-seat double date to Coldplay”.
Out of 25 schools ranked as ‘least manly’(in polite terms*), GQ ranked Morehouse 20th. And it was the sole HBCU listed.
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