Word: gender
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Regardless of race, nationality, gender, or color, there exists within each of us the natural tendency to care, to offer assistance, to depend on others, to respect the dignity of others, to be kind, and to give of ourselves. And yet, as a society, we collectively emphasize the suppression of these impulses which have always been within us. Until, sadly enough, we either become numb to our own humanity and to the reality around us; or we refuse to acknowledge the need to continually reexamine ourselves in order to improve from within. Each of us has the choice to stop...
Their dismay at the appointment is hardly surprising; Bok could not have picked a more controversial professor to lead the Law School into the 1990s. At a time when diversity--of gender, race and politics--is such a key issue for the Law School, Bok's choice is truly puzzling...
Likewise, Clark has shown no great commitment to racial or gender diversity in the faculty. During his term as chair of the Subcommittee on Appointing Women, Clark was responsible for appointing only one woman to the faculty. When Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, one of the School's two tenured Black professors, held a sit-in to protest the denial of tenure to Dalton, Clark said "This is a university--not some lunch counter in the South...
Unfortunately, this promised conciliation seems far away. Clark's newfound commitment to gender, racial and political diversity are dubious at best. Bok has already lost the faith of the faculty, choosing a candidate whom the majority of professors opposed and committing the School to traditional forms of scholarship. Whether Clark will follow through on his promises or like Bok fail to address the interests of his fellow scholars remains to be seen...
Students and faculty members said they were also concerned that Clark would be insensitive to race and gender issues. When Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell--one of two tenured Black professors at the Law School--held a sit-in in 1987 to protest the faculty's vote to deny a CLS adherent tenure, Clark said "This is a university--it's not a lunch counter in the deep South...