Word: burtonizing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...even know whether many of the men were particularly aware of it," Burton says...
...Students were running out of things to fight for, Burton says. Many of their demands during the '60s had been met. The Vietnam War was over, racial and gender equality were increasing, and college students had won the right to vote...
...protesters were protesting in the wrong places," Burton says. "They had no idea that it was this small Corporation that really had all the power to run the place...
...That change in the economy put a damper on student activism," Burton says. "There was no longer a guarantee of a job when you left campus. We were one of the first classes to face that reality...
...even affirmative action created tensions. Burton says that many students assumed that most African-Americans got into Harvard because of a quota, not because of merit...