Word: afros
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cornel West '73, professor of Afro-American studies and professor of the philosophy of religion, Jane Smiley and Nadine Gordimer high-lighted "Voices Louder Than Words," a two-and-a-half hour event sponsored by a group of Boston book-sellers...
Chong said she hopes that someday Harvard will offer courses similar to those in Afro-American Studies, "but applied to Asian Americans, Latinos and Native Americans...
Harvard has long been known for its cutting-edge scholarship in the humanities. Faculty rosters read like "Who's Who" lists of leading scholars in a variety of disciplines. The recent addition of distinguished new professors in English and Afro-American Studies has further bolstered Harvard's prestige in these areas...
...Crisis magazine article, Counter suggested that certain "para-white ethnic groups," notably "Euro-American individuals and special interests with powerful influence in the media" were participants in an "ethnic scheme designed to denigrate Afro-Americans." The article, though well-encoded, seemed to echo traditional anti-Semitic refrains about alleged Jewish media conspiracies...
...wouldn't want to think that everybody did that all the time, but I see that it might be useful," said Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah...