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Committee member Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was not available for comment yesterday, but the Afro-American studies chair said on the day of Knowles’ resignation that he hoped the next dean would recognize “the importance of diversity in academic programs” and that members of the department would ensure that the issue received priority...
This project has helped Breece to realize that some day he would like to be a screenwriter. To that end, he is taking a writing seminar this semester with Jamaica Kincaid, who is visiting lecturer on Afro-American studies and on English and American literature and language, in addition to tutorials in history and literature and Afro-American studies, Spanish 27, a women’s studies class and a Core. “There were a lot of classes I wanted to take this semester, and now that I’m getting into thesis mode there is reading...
...Festival, Breece works as secretary of the Signet, writes for Diversity & Distinction magazine, is co-producing Sweeney Todd on the Loeb Mainstage and is a coordinator for the Dubois Society Program, which is designed to provide Saturday classes introducing black high school scholars to theoretical and historical discussions surrounding afro-american studies. Breece is one of three undergraduate coordinators...
...religion's appeal. Since the early 1980s, Bangladeshi and Pakistani imams, often associated with evangelist Islamic groups, have targeted young black inmates of British prisons. "Islam is a sort of natural religion for underdogs," says Ziauddin Sardar, a British scholar of Islam, "and that's one reason why Afro-Caribbean people have found its message very attractive." Prison authorities have allowed imams to bring literature into the jails--everything from copies of the Koran to anti-American leaflets highlighting the importance of jihad. Only since Reid's arrest has there been any vetting of the publications...
Weeks after a controversy involving the Afro-American studies department led University President Lawrence H. Summers to issue a statement affirming his support for diversity, Summers reiterated his commitment to diversity at Saturday’s show—to a luke-warm response...