Word: blacking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Throughout the decade, Black students have also faced less explicit racism. They may find their credentials questioned, Clark said, by students who believe minority students are accepted to Harvard only because of their race. "They never question the athletes or the legacies," he said...
...those Black students who chose to study Black history and literature found that fellow students doubted both their competence and the legitimacy of the field...
Like Clark, Jackson said she noticed discrepancies in the way minorities and other distinguishable groups were treated. Her first-year boyfriend was a basketball player, she said. And he often ate at the Union at special times with the team. She compared these team dinners with complaints that Black students "segregate themselves" by sitting together in the dining halls...
...contrast, Felicia D. Green '83 said she did not have any problems getting along with white students. Her friendships with white students turned out to be a problem in itself however, she said. "I was told I should fraternize with my own kind" by some other Black students, she said...
...graduates, the BSA was a place to discuss Black life on campus. And several alumni, particularly those from the earlier years, emphasized that the BSA also provided them with a sense of community...