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SINCE the turn of the century when it was simply another bastion of fine American WASPdom, Harvard has slowly evolved into a more open-minded institution...
Such sentiments are a far cry from the compliant attitudes of black leaders 20 years ago. To preserve racial harmony, the ruling white establishment offered token gains and piecemeal concessions. But the price for blacks was a slow pace toward integration. The city remains a bastion of housing segregation, with most blacks living south of the downtown business district and most whites to the north. Black leaders are pressing for more seats on the eleven-member city council, where, despite their 30% share of the population, they hold but two positions; Hispanics (16%) and Asians (2%) have none...
...State betting plan is in the very earliest planning stages right now, but a loud voice of protest has been raised already by that bastion of pure, untampered athleticism, the National Football League...
...time when Black median income in the United States is only 57 percent of the median income for whites, professional sports would seem to be a bastion of racial fairness and equity. After all, Blacks make up more than three-quarters of the NBA and more than half of the starters in the NFL. And with each year a greater number of Hispanics are becoming star players in major leagues baseball...
...institution so widely perceived as a bastion of liberalism, many have suggested that Harvard is run in a shockingly undemocratic fashion...