Word: asani
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...here at Harvard, Asani said he has also encountered stereotypes. He recounted a discussion with a graduate student who asked how he could believe in Islam...
Other panelists included Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Culture Ali S. A. Asani; Lisa D. Cook, a research fellow at the Center for International Development; Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel; Professor of Education Marcelo Suarez-Orozco; and Wong, the Harvard Foundation's Student Advisory Committee co-chair...
...Asani pointed out the religious facet of hate crimes, saying that following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing of a federal building, Muslims in America were frequently the targets of hate crimes. Following the bombing incident, many unfairly assumed that the perpetrator was Islamic or Arabic, Asani said...
...lecture, co-sponsored by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, Lowell House and the South Asian Association, was introduced by Ali S.A. Asani '77, professor of the practice of Indo-Muslim languages and culture, who stated that Kamal was, by his own admission, a "somewhat provocative" speaker...
...think that now it's even more complicated to answer the question, 'where are you from?' because now I'm an American." Asani says. "So now I have this weird identity: African-Asian-American. The categories have so broken down that I wonder if it's at all meaningful to use these labels...