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...long list of grievances. And it will not matter why the incident occurred. Tabatabainejad’s writhing and screaming will be seen by millions of America’s detractors all over the world as evidence of America’s mistreatment of a man of Iranian descent, and they’ll see it as often and for as long as they want...
...Muslim majority." Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a professor at George Washington University and one of the 38 signatories to the October letter to Benedict, says the Pope should deliver an "earnest expression of commonality"--even if it's only the widely accepted observation that Judaism, Christianity and Islam all claim descent from the biblical figure of Abraham. Father Richard McBrien, a theologian at Notre Dame, says that "if he doesn't bring up the issue of reciprocal respect for Christian minorities, he's not doing his job," but that he should avoid an absolutist, now-or-never stance...
...lives, whether they like it or not.It’s ironic—though the justification for the hijab is to make women less preoccupied with their looks, I have never been more conscious about my appearance than I was in Egypt. Because I am of Arab descent, foreign eyes gazed more keenly at me—at how much skin I showed and how much makeup I wore—than they did at my white friends, although their U.S. passports were no bluer than mine. Equally perceptible were the unabashed stares of lust, constant catcalls, and unsolicited...
...from the blue-collar world,” Fitzsimmons said that one of the more effective recruiting techniques is to have future applicants meet Harvard students from similar backgrounds. Fitzsimmons spoke at an event moderated by members of Concilio Latino—an umbrella group for students of Latino descent. Nationally, the Hispanic population is growing more quickly than the Caucasian population, and Fitzsimmons said future classes at Harvard should reflect these changing demographics. “If Harvard is going to continue to claim that it’s educating future leaders, it needs to actively recruit Latinos...
...second-generation immigrants, if that, were seen as pseudo-American. But due to their growing population and prosperity, it was becoming increasingly difficult to ignore their presence. As Jewish numbers climbed at the institutions of higher learning that had once been reserved for long-established families of white Protestant descent, anti-Semitism increased. Nevertheless, by the time Lowell took over as Harvard president in 1909, Harvard was more than 20 percent Jewish, according to a recent New Yorker article. Alarmed, President Lowell eventually instituted a quota that cut the population of Jews at Harvard down to 15 percent over...