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...numbers speak to the success of eliminating Early Action—a record 11 percent of students in the Class of 2012 are of African American descent, while 9.7 percent are Latino, 1.3 percent are Native American, and 18.5 percent are Asian-American. This is truly remarkable, given that this increased diversity does not come at the cost of quality of applicants. We hope that other colleges will follow Harvard’s example, considering how beneficial the elimination of early admissions policies is to high school students and universities alike...
...Tenured in the African and African American studies department in addition to history of science, Hammonds has been touted as one of the leading scholars in the field of the intersection of medicine and race...
...Nonetheless, this presidential race will be a historic one—not only because an African American and a woman are vying for the Democratic nomination, but also because of the magnitude and the complexity of the issues we face. As the Democratic contest continues to rage on, we are heartened at a potential (even likely) Obama victory—for his the only candidate that provides both the leadership and the policy stances needed to tackle those pressing issues. And while we endorsed Senator McCain as the Republican nominee, we still have many reservations about his policy?...
...First, Clinton. Obama made little reference to the historic nature of his victory as the first African-American to win a major party nomination on Tuesday night, but he gave a passionate homage to his vanquished rival, noting the barriers she broke as a candidate and her critical advocacy for universal health care. At 11:06 p.m. EST, shortly after he left the rostrum in Minneapolis, Obama left Clinton a message congratulating her on winning South Dakota and asking her to call him back. At 12:16 a.m. she did, and offered to "sit down when it makes sense...
...been as much a consequence of their prejudices as it was of his Ivy-cool mien. His army of young idealists, the brilliant organizers who had built his campaign from the ground up in Iowa and elsewhere, had won this nomination fair and square, and his nervously proud African-American supporters - never far from tears - were every bit as moving as Clinton's suffering Caucasians...