Word: clark
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard's Black alumni often feel a special sense of leadership duties. "There is a tradition at Harvard that you have a special responsibility," Clark said...
...only the tip of the iceberg. The Crimson caused controversy in 1981 when it published an editorial about a prison riot in Arizona. Although none of the rioters were Black, a picture of two Black Harvard students with bars superimposed over their faces appeared next to the editorial, said Clark. When the students threatened to sue, The Crimson settled the matter by printing a retraction and agreeing to capitalize the word "Black...
Throughout the decade, Black students have also faced less explicit racism. They may find their credentials questioned, Clark said, by students who believe minority students are accepted to Harvard only because of their race. "They never question the athletes or the legacies," he said...
...Like Clark, Jackson said she noticed discrepancies in the way minorities and other distinguishable groups were treated. Her first-year boyfriend was a basketball player, she said. And he often ate at the Union at special times with the team. She compared these team dinners with complaints that Black students "segregate themselves" by sitting together in the dining halls...
...there is less unity among Black students today, Clark said. "When I was a [freshperson in 1977], there seemed to be a greater sense of unity among the Black students," he says. Stressing that he is "not an isolationist," he noted, however, that the campus is more fragmented now. "The Black students don't seem to be connected," he said...