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...three-fold structure consists of Epps' and Appiah's committees on race relations, S. Allen Counter's Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations and Assistant Dean Hilda Hernandez Gravelle's Office of Race Relations...
Unfortunately, Epps has been unable to quell the backastabbing. While he persuaded Foundation Director S. Allen Counter and Asssistant Dean of Race Relations Hilda Hernandez-Gravelle to hold five events jointly (in the last five years, they had never done anything together) he was unable stop Counter from such unprofessional, backhanded tricks as encouraging the AAA letter. Counter has made anti-Semitic remarks, and has made Jewish students feel uncomfortable at The Foundation. Hernandez-Gravelle has been more constructive recently in her role as a counselor and behind the scenes advisor. Still, she has an unfortunate tendency...
...race relations czar is not perfect. But we have a certain amount of faith in Epps, and we agree strongly with his overarching vision that diversity is a means, not an end. Epps has talked recently about centralizing Harvard's race relations efforts under one "umbrella;" Counter and Hernandez-Gravelle do not belong under that umbrella. We hope Epps puts his own creative vision and the interests of good race relations over outmoded structures like the Foundation and the Office of Race Relations...
...Cinco de Mayo is always a happy occasion," said Valentina C. Hernandez, president of Harvard's Latino Cultural Association, which sponsored the festival. "Everybody was joyous--we had music, entertainment, food, and a pleasant atmosphere...
...Hernandez-Gravelle said she often found herself "switching cultural panidad" and for fit in the order to be invited to the important meetings and "have input...