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...Professor Cornel R. West ’74, several members of the Afro-American studies department have questioned Summers’ commitment to diversity. Though Summers has repeatedly proclaimed the importance of diversity to the University’s academic mission, he should now follow those words with tangible action??by choosing a woman or a minority as the next dean...
This social reality, he said, would complicate affirmative action??and leave unanswered the question of what categories racially mixed individuals should be placed...
...symbolic violence” that pervaded the era. Her inner strength helped lead to a new mission for anarchists as political organizers—a paradox, since those who oppose governments must frequently turn to them to accomplish political objectives. Violence turned into “direct action??: if you don’t have food, steal the food, rather than kidnap the government official responsible for food supply...
Reports in The New York Times and The Boston Globe say department professors take issue with Summers’ lack of endorsement of affirmative action??something Rudenstine strongly promoted. Summers’ statement indirectly responds to this...
...professors, for whatever reason, find themselves unable to offer a balanced account of their subject, they should acknowledge their bias and explain what informs their understanding of the issue at hand. If they don’t, then the College should take action??–in such a class, students are being indoctrinated, not educated...