Word: cornel
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Race is Harvard’s topic du jour. Cornel West’s defection to Princeton, Charles Ogletree’s crusade to win reparations for slavery, and last weekend’s rally supporting diversity are the stuff of debate in dorms and dining halls across campus...
...probably does take someone as big as Cornel West to leave to capture people’s attention and make them think about issues of race on campus,” Yeng says...
...ethnic or racial minority groups, to unite against what they see as an onslaught against diversity at Harvard. At the center of the storm: University President Lawrence H. Summers and a string of incidents relating to minority issues. Students assail Summers for his treatment of Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, his perceived lack of support for ethnic and Latino studies, and the lack of women and minorities on the faculty...
...majority of the student body thinks racial and ethnic groups on campus self-segregate, why did it take Cornel West leaving to get most students talking about race? What about the lives we live every day? The actions of students as well as administrators merit being questioned in this discussion of diversity...
...year later, Yeng works in Hong Kong, far removed from Cambridge happenings. She hasn’t heard of West’s departure. “Cornel West is leaving?” she exclaims. “That’s out of control...