Word: guinier
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...tale of how Rudenstine asked Gates to make a “fantasy list” of scholars for the department is practically Harvard legend. Rudenstine handed Gates a blank sheet of legal paper. Gates made a list that included Lani Guinier, Cornel West, William Julius Wilson, the Higginbothams, Lawrence D. Bobo and Suzanne P. Blier. A decade later, he notes, they’re all at Harvard, and the Afro-American Studies program—ranked number one in the nation—is planning to accept its first class of doctoral candidates this fall...
Under the moderation of Lani Guinier, a Harvard Law professor with a special interest in voting law, the panel discussed the problems that occurred in Florida during November's presidential election as well as the broader problems of alienation among minority voters on the national political level...
...think that the primary question is, 'How do we return democracy to the people,'" Guinier said...
...worry that politicians are not inclined towards genuine reform," Guinier said...
Gates did, writing down such names as Lani C. Guinier '71, A. Leon Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and Lawrence Bobo. Rudenstine then told him to "go for it," Gates recalled...