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...nearly half of the Harvard population. Yet, minority actors, directors, producers, and techies are few and far between. In Harvard productions, how often do you find minority actors cast onstage, besides in productions that are staged by cultural groups such as BlackCAST or Bodas de Sangre? Certain ethnicities, particularly Asian and Middle Eastern, are conspicuously missing from Harvard’s thespian community...
...sure, no one should go to a theatrical production expecting 21 percent of the cast to mirror Harvard College’s Asian population. But it is unfortunate that no one expects to see a variety of actors from different minority groups play roles in productions that were written in an era when Caucasians dominated the theater community...
...increasingly diverse society. It won’t change until we will ourselves to confront the issue. Today, the first day of Common Casting, is a good opportunity to start. There isn’t a better time than now to challenge ourselves to imagine an African American, an Asian, or a Latino in important American roles such as Willy, Rosalie, or Jonathan. Only when we, as actors, directors, casting directors, critics, producers and audience members, open up to the idea of such a possibility will minority actors truly be given an equal chance to perform in these roles...
...exclusion of Native American, Latin American, and Oceanic art collections. The Fogg is the only museum out of Harvard’s three that is not devoted to a specific region, while the Busch-Reisinger houses Northern and Central European art and the Sackler houses Islamic and Asian art. Despite this regional freedom, however, the Fogg is still limited by various space constraints and endowments that come with stipulations. For example, the Winthrop Collection, the largest of several important donations, was given to Harvard under the condition that a certain portion be displayed at all times. Thus, the absence...
...37th district. "Most of our outreach is directed to women," said Michael Trujillo, Clinton's California field director. "We made the targeted decision long time ago to focus our resources on where we can have the biggest effect and for us that's women - Latino, African-American, white, Asian. There should not be a woman in this state that we do not reach...