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Everyone knows what to expect in the class updates. So-and-so made partner, bought a new house, had a second kid, made plans to attend homecoming. Some Yale University alumni were thus taken aback when a note in the Class of '73 section of the alumni magazine opened this way: "Sam Taylor sent this intriguing note. 'Did you know that one of your classmates is officially considered a 'hate-monger' by the Southern Poverty Law Center. I believe this is a first for Yale." He went on to plug his latest book (he writes under the name of Jared Taylor), White Identity: Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century. E-mails from Inside Higher Ed to the editor and class notes editor of Yale Alumni Magazine were not answered. While some readers assume that alumni may exaggerate their activities just a bit in class notes, Taylor was truthful when he said he has been criticized by the Southern Poverty Law Center.