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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard also broke the law in regards to Asian-Americans. The history of Asian-Americans is one of an oppressed minority. One need only recall the conditions of intense discrimination and cruelty under which they helped build the West, or the living conditions of many inner city Asians today to see this. Title VI, Chapter 60 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 recognized Asian-Americans as a minority group--but Harvard didn't. It was only after a contested struggle by Asian-American students on campus that minority status was granted them...
Does an "A" average at an inner-city school have the same value as an "A" average at Exeter? We think it does, but the admissions office doesn't. The amount of effort, determination and motivation is actually infinitely greater on the part of the Third World student who must deal with overcrowded classes, incompetent teachers, discouraging and limited counseling services, violence and language barriers--not to mention the oppressive conditions in the neighborhoods of these Third World students...
...adaptation, as opposed to a normal variation," 18% disagreed and 13% were uncertain. Similarly, sizable majorities said that homosexuals are generally less happy than heterosexuals (73%) and less capable of mature, loving relationships (60%). A total of 70% said homosexuals' problems have more to do with their own inner conflicts than with stigmatization by society at large. Many of the doctors doubted that homosexuals could be trusted with important jobs. To the query "Are homosexuals generally a greater risk than heterosexuals to hold positions of great responsibility?" 43% of the therapists answered...
...courses dealing with the American political power structure and energy development without changing the overall structure or the philosophy of undergraduate education. And when the political commitment of the students began to weaken, Gen Ed courses became more specialized, often dealing with obscure topics like Inner Asian history, or else became means of circumventing the spirit, if not the letter, of Gen Ed requirements. In a sense, the radicals of the '60s fought liberal arts education only to win a victory for specialized academia...
DiNicola views "Spinko's" triumph as a little bit of a victory for himself as well. For ten months they trained together, roomed next door to each other, and fought in all the same tournaments--the North Carolina Golden Gloves, the Marine championships, the inner-service championships, the AAU, the Nationals...