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Sources close to the committee say that it is looking for someone who will be able quickly to lift the reins of power away from Ewart Guinier '33, Afro's chairman and the only tenured member of the department...
...detractors of Guinier's handling of Afro had high praise for Blassingame's scholarly abilities and both were receptive to the prospect of Blassingame's presence here. Orlando Patterson, professor of Sociology, said that Blassingame is a "superior scholar compared to the present members of the Afro Department and compared to Afro-American studies scholars in general." Azinna Nwafor, lecturer in Afro-American Studies, said Blassingame "would probably be a very good choice...
...Ewart Guinier and Doug Schoen...
Explaining the philosophy of his department, Guinier said, "We study the black experience from the point of view of the people who lived that experience...
...Guinier's charges against the Economics and English Department were made while the Afro chairman was listing examples of white-run departments which ignore blacks...