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...would compromise her relationsihps with members of cultural organizations. This student has chosen not to take part in her racial community, but she questions the role cultural organizations have on this campus. “It all comes down to whether these communities are open to people of other ethnicities and I haven’t seen that a lot. It is easy to fall into the trap where you say this is a community that celebrates a certain ethnicity, but it’s actually only celebrated by that ethnicity.” Although Nathan P. Whitfield...
...self-segregation” endemic to predominantly white colleges. One campus organization that works directly against isolating impulses is the Harvard Foundation. In 1981, then-University President Derek C. Bok and the deans of the College created the Foundation to “improve relations among racial and ethnic groups within the University and to enhance the quality of our common life,” according to the group’s mission statement. The Foundation, which organizes campus staples such as the annual Cultural Rhythms shows, has been led by S. Allen Counter for its entire 25-year history...
...Distinction, encourages cultural discourse through publication. Frank W. Chen ’10, the co-managing editor, says the magazine “provide[s] a common space, a forum in which people can discuss issues of civil rights and social justice. Discussions will go on between different [ethnic] groups, but the Harvard campus won’t necessarily hear about it. By printing it, we’re making it accessible to the whole community.” In the eyes of organizations like the Harvard Foundation and Diversity and Distinction, it is essential to have outlets for cross...
...predominant question is one of principle: is “self-segregation” wrong? Is it harmful? Periodically, Harvard students have called for an end to the self-segregation that ethnic groups supposedly perpetuate. In a 2005 Crimson column Jason L. Lurie ’05 wrote, “Unlike the segregation that was forced on African-Americans in the South before the 1960s, self-segregation is instituted voluntarily by the members of the affected group. It is facilitated here at Harvard by College-endorsed student organizations which serve as central locations at which to meet other members...
...Having a forum to produce or reproduce these types of cultural expression within the black community at Harvard is very important.” In a 1999 Crimson Arts exposé, Francesca J. “Frankie” Petrosino ’02 delved into the lack of ethnic diversity in the theater community. Fred Hood ’02, who directed “The Importance of Being Earnest” that year, felt minorities were unrealistic in their expectation of color-blind casting. “Theater is an unfair business,” he said...