Word: existences
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Often this insensitivity is not intended. But that does not mean it does not exist, nor does it mean in all cases that it cannot be avoided, or corrected. Thus the question is what can be corrected--where the line should be drawn. I do not know what Professor Thernstrom's underlying attitudes, views or intentions are, nor have we discussed these issues. That is why I do not charge that he is a racist. But his attitudes and views may or may not be relevant to the racial insensitivity of his remarks...
...have rehabilitated themselves and are now eroding American economic strength, while the United States has expanded its overseas commitments and wasted its resources in fruitless wars. The senselessly gargantuan Pentagon budgets of the 1980s are testament to America's desparate attempt to maintain a hegemony that can no longer exist...
However, unjust restrictions on minority admissions do exist at Harvard and at universities nationwide. The stark difference between the 13.3 percent acceptance rate of Asian students and the 17.0 percent rate of their white peers makes this fact undeniably clear. To understand why, examine closely the factors the Admissions Office statement gave for the lower Asian-American rate: a relative absence of legacy parents and a slight deficiency in high school extracurricular activity...
First, one may claim that universities exist to produce educated graduates. But Asian-Americans are quickly proving themselves qualified for every stage of education--just look at the booming number of Asian-American Rhodes and Marshall scholars, graduate students, and Ph.D.'s. Even the Harvard admissions statement cited disproportionate Asian-American success as validation for its practices...
This is not to say that Harvard actively limits the admission of Asian American students through quotas or any other mechanical device. But Harvard and all members of the university must beware of subtle, even nonintentional, discrimination. Contradictions and hypocrisy exist in Harvard's practices, ideology, and stated goals, but they may be remedied without serious disruption. There is absolutely no justification for the continued deficiency in Asian-American admissions rates in relation to their white peers...