Word: booklets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...What's all this about a Third World Students Alliance report and controversy?" That is what I was asking myself just yesterday. Apparently the TWSA published a booklet concerning minority presence at Harvard-Radcliffe. I read it carefully and liked what it had to say; there appeared to be no controversy. But reading the headlines of a March 11, article in The Crimson, I find "Students Fault TWSA Report...
...mostly from the middle to upper classes. But what exactly does the report mean by "middle class"? It seems that it meant, curiously enough, a minority like Richard Zayas who wrote to The Crimson denying and attempting to demean the TWSA's convictions. Unknowingly, in the eyes of the booklet, he has incriminated himself...
...will be a sad day when the TWSA decides not to publish a booklet or hold a rally or write a letter because they do not represent the "minority students who are here." The TWSA booklet interpreted the history of Third World students here at Harvard, and did so with, in my opinion, some valid political goals in mind. The booklet represents the views of some minority students here...
Minority students who disagree with its interpretations and conclusions should feel free to obtain funding--perhaps with the help of the college--and do the hundreds of hours of research to put together another booklet. And, of course, they should feel free to criticize this booklet. They have no right to assume, however, that its distribution should come to a halt because it did not involve the majority of minority students...
Dean Patricia A. Graham--one of several educators faulting the 65-page booklet, entitled "What Works: Research About Teaching and Learning"--said the report does not acknowledge the importance of federally funded programs, such as those for children in low-income families...