Word: exclusionism
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By the next year the Harvard Board ofOverseers, which included future presidentFranklin D. Roosevelt, unanimously overruledLowell's exclusion of blacks from first-yeardorms. The reversal was intended, according to theBoard, as an appeal to the ideal of "equalopportunity for all, regardless of race orreligion."
I propose that we take it upon ourselves to fill in the gaps in our racial education. Have empathy, rather than mere sympathy, for what it means to be a minority. Or better yet, go out and put yourself in a position in which you are the minority. One of...
First, members of ethnic organizations are perceived to socialize with one another, often to the exclusion of forming interethnic and interracial relationships. The perception that ethnic blocking groups and dining hall tables are common--regardless of the validity of that perception--contributes to the claim that ethnic groups promote self...
Dan Aibel's column on the pros and cons of the "Sperm Bank Solution" (Jan. 21) prompts the question: What will the Deans do about such rampant sexism? A College that cannot tolerate single-sex final clubs surely can't abide female students being denied honest and lucrative work solely...
Morrison traces the genesis of this brutal act back to the 1870s, when nine African-American patriarchs, ex-slaves in Mississippi and Louisiana, joined together, gathered their wives and children, picking up a few strays in the process, and headed west to settle in the Oklahoma Territory. Eventually, arduously, they...