Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...addition to SAS' efforts, a group formed last semester with the expressed goal of fighting discrimination against Arabs. The 17 members of Harvard's chapter of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, a national organization with chapters of 40 to 50 campuses nation-wide, will try to respond to incidents of stereotyping, according to chapter founder Naseem T. Tuffaha...
This new group is also planning programs to educate the campus about the diversity of the Arab community and to sensitize students about issues of concern to Arabs and Arab-Americans...
Some students say the best education Arab students can give to their peers is simply be being at Harvard and by interacting with their classmates on a daily basis...
Despite the fact that students say they feel stereotyped as an ethnic group, they say that Harvard does not give Arabs and Arab-Americans the same benefits it gives other minority groups...
...Harvard admissions office does not track how many Arab or Arab-American students enroll in the University, according to Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis...