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...College Events Board. Charles T. James ’09-’10, a Leverett resident and member of SAC, is in his first year on the UC. He is the Leverett HoCo social chair, and a member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship as well as the Black Students Association. He has also participated in “On Harvard Time.” The other end of his ticket is Max H. Y. Wong ’10, an Eliot resident who has been an advocate of Administrative Board reform, which has recently been a top priority...
Over the past few weeks, you’ve probably seen a few editorials in various publications trumpeting Barack Obama’s election as a harbinger of the end of racism in America. Since we have elected a black man president, the argument goes, discrimination in this country is a shadow of the serious problem it once was. And certainly, it is true that since the Civil Rights Movement, our society has made tremendous strides towards tolerance, reconciliation, and the attenuation of racial stereotypes...
...President-elect Obama’s victory shattered one the most prominent glass ceilings in the United States. But the larger socioeconomic problems that plagued black Americans on Nov. 3 did not suddenly disappear on Nov. 5. The racism lurking in the shadows of our communities was not extinguished in a flash. Just as contented complacency amongst Obama supporters could derail his tenure in office, the belief that Obama’s election signals the final triumph over discrimination will be detrimental to future progress...
...Consider the ugly reaction in some circles to Obama’s win. While the world’s attention focused on the jubilant throngs packing Grant Park in Chicago, chanting, “Yes We Can!” some small-minded racists lashed out at the black community after Election Day. In Kentucky, Obama was lynched in effigy. In Idaho, a school bus full of second and third-graders chanted, “Assassinate Obama!” Right here in Massachusetts, an arsonist burned down an African-American church the day after Election Day. These reprehensible events...
...Despite 40 years of major improvements capped off by Obama’s historic election, African-Americans as a group still suffer from glaring socioeconomic inequalities. One third of all black children live under the poverty line. About 37 percent of welfare recipients are black; African-Americans comprise 12 percent of the population. Too many inner-city communities suffer from endemic crime, failing schools, and lack of economic opportunity. Though most people have only seen ghettos on the news, they are all too real to millions of our fellow citizens. Many of them happen to be black...