Word: bsa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...economic and social inequalities stiff extant for Black people Further, these activities, rater than being parochial instill in us a sense of Black pride and create in all people a healthy respect for differences and individuality. Anthony A. Ball '86 Vice-President Black Students Association Kenneth Johnson '87 BSA Afro-American Cultural Center Liasion Darryl Parsons '87 BSA General Organizational Liasion Brian Stevens '88 BSA Third World Student Alliance Representative Timothy A. Wilkins '86 President Black Students Association
...like the Republican Club and the H-R Christian Fellowship. All of these organizations represent groups that have specific interests and often unique needs, that need to be addressed in some coherent fashion. And this is not the only point Mr. Kilson seemed to misunderstand when he blasted the BSA for not being "consompolitan" enough, because he also seems to think that the BSA is keeping student who were involved in it from pursuing other interests as as well, be they cosmopolitan is not. This simply not the case...
...what struck me the most by the attack was that it came from one of the few Black tenured professors at Harvard indeed, it precisely his type of support that Black Students could use the most. But it seems he was completely against giving it. He even attacked the BSA for reaching out to Black alumni for support, right after he supported the right for Jewish students to reach out to their ethnic communities for the funds and resources to sustain such things as the Hillel House on Mt. Auburn St. Furthermore, Mr. Kilson stated that it was wrong...
Kilson also suggested that if we waited 20 years we would find our which students are likely to become relevant leaders within Black communities throughout this country, while he also implied that the BSA would definitely not provide any of them. But to say these things and to assume we will have to what 20 year to find out how true they are is to ignore history. Because all we really have to do is look 20 years in the past to discover that Blacks who had shown a concern and taken up a role in Black organizations 20 years...
...condemning in the way he has don his letter. He stated that 20 years down road, he would like to meet the leadership to see if his or their views been more successful. Well, if he concerned about Black students he need wait 20 years to come to a BSA meeting talk to us. The meetings occur once a most and he could probably even make it to the week; board meetings and talk BSA leadership even sooner. Why he has done so up to now is a serious is question in mind, but if he is sincere...