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...Harvard Spartacus Youth Club agrees with Kyra C. Armstrong '89 and Shannah V. Braxton '88 of the Black Students Association that, "The University has issued a dangerous invitation to its students to commit acts of racial harassment with ever greater intensity until they find the limits of impunity" (The Crimson, October 13). Here at Harvard it is anti-racist and anti-imperialist protestors who are punished, while apartheid ministers like Duke Kent-Brown and contra murders like Adolfo Calero who are welcomed with open arms. Following last year's protest of arch-racist South African vice-consul Kent-Brown...
...representatives are Shannah B. Braxton'88, former BSA president; Raul Perez '90, asteering committee member of Raza, the Hispanicstudents' group; Mary Moreland '88, formerpresident of American Indians at Harvard (AIH);Michelle D. Mirchandani '91, a representative ofan Asian minority group, and Laurence Schreiber'87-'88, who is a member of Harvard-RadcliffeHillel...
...administration to issue a reasonable explanation as to why Williams does not have to endure the full weight of his original punishment. Furthermore, we believe the University must stand behind the force of its decisions. Kyra C. Armstrong '89, Co-Chair, Black Students' Association Political Action Committee Shannah V. Braxton '88, Former Co-President...
Since its inception in February, the Racial Harassment has reviewed procedures for filing complaints, and plans to announce specific policies next year. "The committee is a fitting way to combat the subtle racism which has been allowed to fester and ferment" at Harvard, says Shannah B. Braxton '88, former co-president of the Black Student's Association, earlier this year...
Others criticize the administration for taking too long to address racial issues and form organizations such as the Racial Harassment Committee. "Minority groups have been encouraging the university for years to take measures so subtle racism won't become explosive," Braxton says. "It's unfortunate that it takes a Currier House 'nigger strike force' to bring it to the attention of the University administration...