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...Harvard four years ago to find blatant and, indeed, University-endorsed segregation and discrimination running amok. I’m not talking about anything as sinister as Students for the Klan or even the single-sex social clubs. I am referring, of course, to many of the various ethnic organizations on campus...
...skin deep, it instead goes out of its way to emphasize and reinforce those differences. Take (please!) the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations. The Harvard Foundation is a justifiably well-respected group that has the given purpose of “improv[ing] relations among racial and ethnic groups within the University.” And it often succeeds, by funding programs and organizing events where dialogue can occur...
This encouragement of ethnic self-segregation is counterproductive. It says that there really is something fundamentally different about people who do not look the same, which is simply not true. By concentrating on what superficially separates us—like skin color or where our ancestors came from—instead of the many more things that we have in common—like our impressive intellects, our uniquely human emotions, and the ambition and drive that got us all here—the Harvard Foundation exacerbates the already intractable problem of self-segregation...
It’s time for the OGC to rethink its simplistic restrictions on travel abroad. At the very least, the OGC and the OIP should be open to evaluating individual travel plans on a case-by-case basis, taking into account language skills, cultural and ethnic background and the specific regions in-country that each student plans to visit. As Harvard embarks on a major new study abroad initiative, it must affirm its commitment to providing students with as diverse a set of international experiences as is possible...
During a panel featuring representatives from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a handful of protestors staged a mock deportation of an ethnic minority student, deliberately coughed to disrupt the speakers, and in one instance induced vomiting to demonstrate disgust for the actions...