Word: colorism
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...same person to me if he liked women, men, sheep or trees. He is a great man, and his sexual preference has no bearing on his greatness. I hope we can get to the point at which a person's sexuality is no more an issue than the color of his socks...
...hope in any sport of capturing a world title. While the Springboks played a spectacular tournament, they did so with few black players, despite coming from a country with an 80% black majority. All but six of the 30-man rugby squad were white, and only two Springboks of color played in the World Cup final...
...name. McCain supporters earned classic white T-shirts for their day of work. Jacky Kwong ’11, who was the only student canvassing for Fred D. Thompson, brought back a purple and tan sign touting the candidate, drawing ridicule from other HRC members for its odd color scheme. Despite the rain outside, spirits ran high on the bus ride home as HRC members enthusiastically debated the merits of the various candidates. “All of the candidates bring something to the table, and to the dialogue,” HRC board member Caleb L. Weatherl...
...becoming easily searchable, digitized libraries are becoming much more readily available. Houghton Library, Harvard’s holder of rare books and manuscripts, is in the process of digitizing selected pieces from its catalog. Medieval manuscripts and digitized papyri can already be found in striking clarity and vivid color online. The digital images may even show more than the naked eye can see; a viewer can enlarge and zoom in on these images to reveal intricate details that might otherwise go unnoticed by the untrained eye. Some works whose delicacy makes their availability severely limited, like the herbarium of Emily...
Harvard researchers are making use of “Brainbow,” a colorful new technique, to visualize the circuitry of the brain in new ways. The technique, detailed in this week’s issue of Nature, activates fluorescent proteins in neurons. The colors then combine to produce an array of more than 100 different shades. The new approach was discovered by a team led by Jeff W. Lichtman and Joshua R. Sanes, both professors in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology who teach MCB 80, “Neurobiology of Behavior...