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...preserving society. Boys often have trouble forging a masculine identity without one of the primary accompaniments -- a job. Teen unemployment is endemic among poor youth, running more than 40% in many communities. Meanwhile, welfare and social programs suffered drastic cutbacks during the Reagan era. Says Chicago psychiatrist Carl Bell: "Violence is the weapon of the powerless." Agrees Professor Leah Blumberg Lapidus of Columbia Teachers College in Manhattan: "It relieves boredom and makes a statement, like graffiti, that says, 'Notice...
Many of Watson's colleagues credit him with revitalizing the Association of Black Faculty and Administrators, a group that has become considerably more visible during his two-year stint as its co-chair. Last fall, the association released a report, written by Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, which called on the University to raise its representation of minorities on the faculty and staff to 10 percent...
...report drew attention in the national press, and Bell says that although he wrote the report, Watson was "greatly responsible" for building up consensus for it among Harvard's Black professionals...
According to Bell and others, Watson's ability to muster support as a vocal advocate of affirmative action is unique at the University. Watson, they say, is unusual in that he is an administrator who doesn't hesitate to take on the administration...
...feels deeply about racial issues, and he is willing to speak out and put himself behind his positions," Bell says. "That's one thing for an individual like me, in a tenured position, but it's another thing for an administrator...