Word: holmeses
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Camille Holmes '89, former president of the Black Students Association, explains that racial harrassment--such as name-callings, the promotion of stereotypes, and the belief that Blacks are inferior to whites--at Harvard is still alive.
As Holmes explains, the continued neglect by the University of the Afro-American Studies Department and a failure to significantly increase the number of tenured minority faculty play a role in this problem. "It sends a message" to white students "that racial concerns are not a top priority," she said...
Further, Holmes explains, "minority students on the campus feel a lot less support. There aren't the same resources there, and that creates an environment where you felt less comfortable.
Holmes recommends that a course or official discussions of American racial and ethnic groups would be helpful, particularly during freshman year. Such a program, she explains, would heighten racial sensitivity. "Everyone makes different racial discoveries, and that is the first step toward a solution."
ART: Nigel Holmes (Executive Director); Dorothy D. Chapman, Arthur Hochstein, Irene Ramp (Deputies); Billy Powers, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Assistant Directors); Angel Ackemyer, James Elsis, Carol March (Designers); Nickolas Kalamaras Layout: Steve Conley (Chief); John P. Dowd (Deputy); Stefano Arata, Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Lisa Sampson, Nomi...