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Murphy said he felt confident that the Trademark Office would not license a manufacturer with a questionable labor record to produce Harvard clothing. As for whether students will agree, Scully said he could not speculate on any possible backlash...
...events of Sept. 11. But hearing about the attack on my cousin has forced me to think about this national crisis in a different light. I have had little time to mourn the victims of last Tuesday’s tragedy because now I have to worry about the backlash against my family and friends who have dark skin or foreign-sounding names...
After a number of faculty and students shared personal stories of discrimination, much of the dialogue centered on gaining an understanding of how backlash after Tuesday’s attacks have affected the community...
...backlash that at that time I thought was going to happen has already happened,” Shah Mohammed said...
Elsewhere in the U.S., several apparent backlash attacks and threats have been reported against people of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent. In Mesa, Ariz., an Indian immigrant gas station owner was shot to death and a Lebanese-American clerk was targeted—but not injured—by gunfire at another gas station. In Seattle, an armed man was arrested after allegedly setting fire to a mosque...