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...book about African-American veterans. Black soldiers "had the most dangerous job," she says. "If you were going to show the soldiers' landing, you'd need to show [African-Americans] on the beach." In Flags of Our Fathers, which shows the landing in significant detail, African-Americans appear only in fleeting cutaway shots and in a photograph during the film's closing credits...
...this new cohort willing to bet on traditional politics to bring change, and those who prefer non-political engagement through volunteering, community service, and education work. Yet both are proven options, and both are far more effective than street theatre, or simple indignation. Today’s young people appear to have learned, from someone, that results matter. So, graduates from the past: take a lesson from the Class...
...Boston Globe have repeatedly refused to publish my editorials on this issue. Moreover, I am afraid. Much of a professor’s global effectiveness depends on the personal esteem and cooperation of deans, administrators, and fellow professors. Even my annual salary increases are determined by officials who appear to feel threatened by my bringing up this issue. Furthermore, I have received a stream of insulting and threatening emails calling me, among other things, an “anti-Semite,” a “pussy,” and a “mentally inferior black...
...suggested the group lobby lawmakers, not the officials carrying out the law. But the rising Winthrop House senior said that he believed that the recruiting station is a site of discrimination and thus a valid place to protest. The four arrested individuals were released on bail, but they will appear for court in July. Reitan, who has now racked up 11 arrests for protesting various gay and lesbian causes, said the group members were well aware of the likelihood of arrest when they entered the station. Ross called the arrest “a badge of honor...
...original plan presented to Allston residents featured a museum harboring contemporary and modern art holdings in an area known as Barry’s Corner in North Allston, which residents had hoped to revitalize. But for some residents, the plan for Barry’s Corner did not appear to work towards this goal...