Word: blsa
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...said his decision may address the concerns of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), which sent an open letter to Law School administrators last week demanding that the Law School publish a written reprimand of Nesson in The Crimson and the Harvard Law Record...
...BLSA also asked that Nesson be barred from teaching mandatory first-year classes, such as the torts class he is stepping down from, and that “appropriate administrative action” be taken against Nesson...
...letter, the BLSA also demanded that Law Professor David Rosenberg also be reprimanded publicly and not be allowed to teach required first-year courses...
...letter published in the Harvard Law Record, BLSA chastised the administration for neglecting its duty “to set a responsible institutional tone of civility, decency and respect for minorities.” About 400 students, faculty and even admitted students who were visiting the campus walked out of classes and joined BLSA on Monday in a protest rally outside Harkness Commons to oppose racial harassment at the Law School and to urge administrators to take further action...
Summers rightly suggested that the University respond with a zero-tolerance policy reaffirming the institution’s core values. One of these values is a meaningful commitment to diversity. As BLSA wrote in its letter, “Racial harassment is not a matter of damage control or public relations, but a call for leadership.” It’s time for Summers and the administration to make comprehensive reform. Transforming the University into a training ground for diversity, rather than a breeding ground for ignorance, is the first step...