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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...epic from now on," said ThompsonProfessor of Government Martin L. Kilson, Jr, anexpert on race and ethnicity in American politics."In the last 20 years of increasing Blackpolitical inclusion, these are the first up-front,trans-racial politicians...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Black Victories Signal Move Across Racial, Ethnic Lines | 11/8/1989 | See Source »

...coming, grudgingly, but it's coming,"said Kilson. "These two victories [Dinkins andWilder] represent a steady move from Blacks'natural constituency to the politics ofinclusion...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Black Victories Signal Move Across Racial, Ethnic Lines | 11/8/1989 | See Source »

...political movers and shakers" that Professor Kilson talks about. The fact that Professor Kilson does not recognize this fact exposes his ignorance of the subject. The moving and shaking does not stop after college either. It is ironic that Professor Kilson makes reference to the esteemed Reverend Jesse. L. Jackson, a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., in his tirade against Black Greeks. His presence in the American political sphere is echoed by the staggering number of Blacks in prominent positions who are affiliated with Black Greek organizations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Defense of Black Greeks | 5/26/1989 | See Source »

Professor Kilson's commentary, it seems, is full of an unjustified, outspoken ignorance which plagues Harvard University and the academic community in general. Often those who have developed an expertise in one area feel justified in extending their commentaries beyond that which they can factually support. Though commenting on our values and beliefs, he has never asked us about our family backgrounds, be they bourgeois or not. And, more important, those things are irrelevant. Bourgeois aspirations are not a factor in Black Greek affiliation. However, a major factor in the resurgence of Black Greeks at Harvard is the failure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Defense of Black Greeks | 5/26/1989 | See Source »

...proselytizing would mean one less Black child that we got off the streets and into a tutoring program: one less donation for our annual scholarship; one less thing we could do for our community. It is not that we have anything against intellectualizing the problems of today, as Professor Kilson has done for many years. But words on a page do no good if, as the professor stated, Black students cannot read them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Defense of Black Greeks | 5/26/1989 | See Source »

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