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Money from the foundation's political-action committee has also helped buy influence. During the past decade, Mas' members have donated $1.1 million in campaign contributions; Mas himself is the biggest Hispanic contributor nationwide. In this election year, more than $200,000 has gone to lobbying efforts and campaign contributions...
In his article "Distracted by Diversity," Daniel H. Choi argues that students should not "blame Harvard for the under-representation of [Black and Hispanic] groups," by urging Harvard to recruit members of those groups more aggressively. The basis of Choi's argument is his confused association between blame and responsibility...
In addition to the basic tenet of eurocentrism inherent in his argument, Choi manipulates statistics to support his argument that Asians are a "model minority." For example, he explains that "many Black and Hispanic communities continue to suffer from low incomes, crime-ridden neighborhoods, broken homes," citing the Black, Hispanic...
These numbers are all comparable with the 31.9 percent Black poverty rate, 28.1 percent Hispanic poverty rate and the 10.7 percent white poverty rate, which Choi cites. If Choi had, in fact, included the statistics on Asian poverty rates, he would have crippled his argument that "it is completely unreasonable...
Campus Latino leaders met yesterday with Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles to discuss their concerns about a dearth of Hispanic courses and faculty at Harvard.