In March 1982, "The Dartmouth Review" published an article in which the author (widely assumed to be Dinesh D’Souza) criticized affirmative action policies by donning the persona of a disaffected African American student. Entitled “Dis Sho’ Ain’t No Jive, Bro,” it was written entirely in Ebonics and included such excerpts as “white folk be itchin’ to be puttin’ us back into ” and “we not be includin’ dat Uncle Tom, Tom Sowell, in dis.” In response, several campus groups and faculty members voiced concerns about the stereotypical nature of the column and its potential effects on race relations at Dartmouth. "The Review"s editors defended the piece by pointing out that writers like Mark Twain and Damon Runyon had previously used racial dialects in social satire and that, since many claim jive is a viable alternative to traditional English, the article was the equivalent of publishing a feature in French, Spanish, or Latin.