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...some, these things are just inconsequential micro-aggressions that people of color should just get over. However, what is key is the underlying bias that unites all of these instances. Implicit in the assumption that black students do not belong at Harvard is the archaic idea that black people are incapable of laying claim to the Harvard legacy, both real and mythologized. What is sad is that we as a society have not gotten over the very basic notion that racial identity does not impute capacity or potential...
Progress on that front will only happen when the campus engages in an honest and thorough dialog about race relations. While the incident at the Quad was of course deeply regrettable, it at least served the valuable function of reminding students that complacency and subconscious bias are ongoing problems at Harvard...
...Kennedy School of Government, Belfer Professor of International Affairs Stephen Walt has published a paper with a colleague at the University of Chicago that claims that there is an all-powerful Jewish lobby in the United States that sustains support for an immoral state of Israel. While the bias and shoddiness of the paper’s research have already been well documented, the actual message of the paper is even more troublesome...
...They're not from the area," said Maj. Jim Orr, who heads the American team that advises Col. Jabar and his staff, "so they don't have any personal bias against the people or the community...
...refs weren't causing enough consternation on their own, the New York Times recently reported on a yet-to-be published study, from a University of Pennsylvania business school professor and Cornell economics grad student, that suggests that the refs are racially biased. The authors studied 14 years of data and found that white officials called fouls at a greater rate against black players, and to a smaller degree, black refs called a higher rate of fouls against whites. The NBA, aware that this study was in the works, released its own report that, shockingly, found no bias. Most players...