Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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David Riesman '31, professor of sociology emeritus, says the 1960s brought on a counter-culture movement, offering special interest groups the "freedom to begin expressing" themselves. According to the official list of student organizations, ethnic and special interest groups comprise approximately a third--67 out of 184--of student groups...
Other groups arose as Harvard became more diverse. Mary K. Moreland '88, president of American Indians at Harvard, says the club was founded in the early 1970s shortly after Harvard began admitting a distinguishable number of American Indians. She says there has been an increase in ethnic clubs on campus because "Harvard has become committed to diversity, and having different races on campus...
With the increased diversity, many students today say, belonging to a cultural or ethnic club helps them retain a sense of cultural identity and share cultural awareness with other students...
...diversity is not restricted to ethnic background. Students also join groups with others who share common experiences...
...party, as the junior partner of a coalition, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir offered little consolation. In the past 18 months the Congress Party has lost state elections in Punjab, Assam and Mizoram. Gandhi appeared willing to live with these defeats because they temporarily quieted rebellious local ethnic and religious parties. There were, however, no such considerations in Kerala and West Bengal. Even more devastating, the loss of Kerala marked the first time Gandhi's party was out of power in all four south Indian states...