Word: colored
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...suggesting that people were overtly malicious and attempted to run all of the black people off of the Quad; however, I am arguing that the skin color of the people playing in the field was a factor in how the situation was handled. No matter how liberal people in this community may believe themselves to be, there is still a great amount of latent and unconscious racism present—even at Harvard. This phenomenon is acutely noticed by black students, many of whom have previously had negative experiences due to their race...
...that they are dangerous. It’s completely understandable for people to get peeved when they constantly have to prove that issues of race still exist, while countless people try to deny that they don’t and that they are not factors in how people of color are treated...
...bygones, and nothing should be forgotten. What happened this past Saturday was not an isolated incident. It was a reflection of the attitudes and perceptions of black people that are prevalent throughout society. This has not been the first incident at Harvard that has made people of color feel uncomfortable, and I doubt it will be the last...
...should all be angry about this. Just as issues of race do not solely affect one group, they cannot be solved by one group alone. While it is not necessarily the spiteful intent of a majority of individuals to inflict racial inequalities on people of color, the structure of a society which is heir to a legacy of racial oppression disseminates these negative attitudes throughout our culture...
...exposed to those sports, so even if they don’t come to your school, they pursue and diversify the sport elsewhere. Are they doing clinics, bringing kids out to neighborhoods? Are they inviting these kids to programs and summer camps, and reserving scholarships for students of color to participate? The next thing you know, you might have yourself a lacrosse player...