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...including Harvard. On its first page, right underneath the space for applicants’ names and ages, is a boxed-off set of questions that the form describes as strictly optional. They are questions that concern applicants’ places of birth, their mother tongues, and, most notably, their ethnic groups: pigeonholes that allow colleges to select their entering classes with an eye to diversity and minority representation...
Before I applied to college, I don’t recall ever being asked to self-identify as a member of an ethnic or racial group. So when I was confronted with the question on my Harvard application, I panicked. Would my answer shape my chances with the admissions office? Might I be condemned as “just another bright white kid?” Would I finally be made to pay for a lifetime of privilege and luxury? I had long been acquainted with the concept of “affirmative action,” but now here...
...that in Iraq, it is just unreasonable to jump to issues that even nations living in peace struggle with, such as composing a national constitution, trying a dictator, or even engaging in democratic elections. The reason is clear: an honest, passion-free, and inordinate discourse between numerous sects and ethnic and religious groups is a crucial prerequisite for the success of such daunting national tasks. The kind of debate that exists today in Iraq is more like a meaningless argument between grieving widows.For now, the administration’s success in cleaning up the mess it caused in Iraq...
...from Black’s depictions of the absurdity of L.A. When Harry follows Gay Perry into a holiday party, he gets distracted by the naked contortionists writhing in glass boxes on the dance floor. Elsewhere, in a bar, Harry and his lady love take turns pointing out multi-ethnic look-alikes of famous people (“The bathroom? Oh, it’s over there next to the Filipino Steven Seagal?...
They're letting more of us in, but we're really not allowed to be too ethnic. If we are being ethnic, it's this idealized ethnicity being portrayed...