Word: fath
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Fath Davis '76, retiring chairman of the Harvard-Radcliffe Association of African and Afro-American students, remembers when her high school counselor advised her to "go to City College and major in home ec," despite her excellent grades. Davis takes that as evidence of the "pervasive, invidious" effect a negative image of blacks has had on whites, an image whose existence she says is "fact, not opinion...
...Fath says the same image has affected some blacks by making them want to "take the burden of the race on their shoulders...
...That's bad in terms of someone's personal development," Fath says "It stems from a lack of confidence, not from confidence. White people don't come here and say, 'I'm going to show blacks [that I can major in applied math...
...that week, though, the film society had agreed to the Harvard-Radcliffe Association of Afro-American Students (Afro) demand that the film be shown only with a speaker qualified to discuss the historical and political significance of the film and with a discussion period afterward. Afro President Patsy Fath Davis '76 released a statement saying that the society objected to the showing of a racist film as entertainment but said it "recognizes its educational value and feels that a setting in which the nature of the dispute is presented will facilitate the fullest possible understanding of the film...
After three months the University seems to have agreed to open dialogue. Student input at this time is crucial. The onus now rests on the Administration to make that dialogue meaningful to seriously considering the DISC proposal. Patay Fath Davis H.R. Afro David Cortiella La Organization Vivian M. Morria Feb First Movement Bruce A. Jacobs DISC spokesperson Peter A.D. Hardle Afro Dept. Concentrators William G. Fletcher Jr. OSTWS Laura M. Burns...