Word: afro
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nathan I. Huggins, chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department, argued that the University could best improve race relations through existing institutions such as the Houses, echoing Barbara G. Rosenkrantz, professor of History and Science, a Faculty Council member and former master of Currier House...
Subsequent speakers--including Nathan I. Huggins, chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department and director of the DuBois Institute for Afro-American Studies--argued that the University could best improve race relations by letting existing institutions deal with the problem and by approaching the issue on an ad hoe basis...
There are other examples of Bok's essentially defensive posture in his letter. When he strongly reaffirms his support for Afro-American studies, he feels compelled to make "clear that we regard this effort not as a questionable field of study nor as a political concession..." words directed at those who harbor doubts about its validity as a discipline or the justification for its existence. Dean Rosovsky, after all, has described the birth of Afro-Am as "an academic Munich." Perhaps it is just an honest omission, but nowhere does Bok assert a commitment to the Afro-Am Department...
...states, "I would not attach a high priority to any project that might serve, at least symbolically, to emphasize a separation between different races. 'The phrase, "at least symbolically" springs up from the paper, providing only one example of the highly-qualified language characterizing Bok's text. Whereas Afro-Am is definitely not a "questionable field of study" nor "a political concession," a Third World center might stress separatism--"at least symbolically." These three words typify a letter littered with qualifications, a letter whose tone is for the most part defensive and at time cynical. Prefacing his conclusion, Bok adopts...
...points, the letter is reassuring. It is fortunate that after 15 years or so, the president of the University is not yet ready to abandon Harvard's principle of diversity in admissions. And although some members of the community still quietly question the legitimacy of Afro-American studies as a discipline, it is encouraging to see Bok reaffirm his commitment...