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...Slater said. S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, commended Harvard’s commitment to diversity, but said that the University could do more to support minority students once they arrive on campus. “African-American students complain to me regularly about the paucity of African-Americans in visible positions here in the administration and otherwise,” Counter said. “Outside of African-American Studies, we see very few African-Americans here who are available to give the African-American students the kind of nurturing they need...
Given the strains between monkey and modern man, some Indians believe the only solution is to return the animals to the wild. But even that wouldn't end the debate. Environmentalists point out that Delhi's monkeys have become urbanized and may not survive in the wild. Activists also complain that in the process of rounding up monkeys, many are injured and babies get separated from mothers. "We have to tackle this another way," says Gautam Grover, head of the protection group Animal Saviour. "We took their land, we took their trees, we took their forests, and now we just...
...understands the country. Many Iraqis will admit that their own security forces treat prisoners at least as badly, but they point out that their government doesn't lecture the world about human rights. The punishment meted out to Americans found guilty of atrocities at Abu Ghraib, Iraqis complain, was too lenient...
...away with bilingual ballots. The intent was to disenfrachise Latino voters. As the Latino population increases, there will be a growing fear in some quarters that Latino candidates will win elections at the expense of non-Latinos. But aren't these many of the same people who complain that Latinos didn't want to assimilate, blend into society, become citizens and participate in our institutions...
...recent weeks, even the majority Shi'ites-who most benefited from the fall of Saddam and from the democratic process the U.S. helped set in motion-have come to distrust the U.S. Many Shi'ites complain U.S. forces aren't doing enough to stamp out the insurgency, but are instead targeting Shi'ite militias who-in their view-are merely protecting the community from Sunni attacks...