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This attitude reflects an ignorance of Harvard's racist past, a history of bias that sometimes intrudes into the present. The University prior to the middle sixties enrolled only a handful of blacks--two dozen in the entire College as late as 1965--and treated them as unwelcome guests. Harvard would understandably like to shove this aspect of its past out of mind, but a recognition of it is essential to comprehending race relations here today...
...failure, but it was a curious failure and Moynihan's reportage and analysis is helpful in deciphering the long story. Moynihan was the FAP's chief architect and he tells its history as only an intimate expert can, yet his personal stake in the plan gives him an obvious bias in its favor. His familiarity with government is an asset in writing the book. But his ties to this particular proposal seem detrimental. His snideness in describing opponents of the program is only irritating. One blatant instance of it is his denigrating description of some particularly adamant opposition: "The most...
...Kraus plan is supposed to be traversed by "merit-based grants," Harvard's euphemism for monetary bait to lure "bright" students away from other graduate schools. Grants based on merit, awarded by departmental Faculty, inflict an inherent bias on our liberal academic community--a "bright" student might turn out to be one who parrots his academic sponsor's line. The College long ago eliminated this auctioning for students: the GSAS should follow suit...
...surprisingly, conventional economists have proven of more service in hiding the costs of the Vietnam War than in ending it; they have done better at explaining away poverty than in eradicating it. In their advisory roles, conventional economists have reflected the bias of their theories as as well as the political requirements of remaining "in favor" by at best accepting and more often justifying the institution of capitalism as the framework within which decisions are to be made...
...going to Princeton to see the swimming team face the Tigers in a league championship showdown or staying in Cambridge to watch the track team run the GBC's. The choice was a difficult one, for both were undefeated and having fine seasons, but in the end my track bias prevailed and I stayed...