Word: legacyism
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Daniels continues, "But then, I suppose that's his backup for implicitly declaring there are no vestiges of the legacy of slavery and Grand Apartheid still at work in American Society." I stated in my letter that "racism, repression and exploitation" continue. This fact does not make all whites guilty...
Calling attention to the scurrilous elements of the Southern tradition is not merely regional prejudice or a needless rehashing of evils better forgotten. Those who acknowledge that the rebel flag is a detestable symbol but take umbrage when its legacy is discussed seem to prefer to wallow in escapism and...
Dean Epps' breathtaking essay entitled, "The Uses of Diversity," provides a most chilling historical account of past Harvard presidents' concerns about race relations at this school. Surprisingly, it pretty much says that everyone from Nathan Pusey, who served as president in the 19th century, to current president Neil L. Rudenstine...
Higdon's arrival at Harvard in the fall of 1994 marked the first of two unusual choices. Despite a legacy at Yale that includes his two older sisters and his father, who was the Elis' football captain in 1962, Higdon decided that Boston and the Beanpot were enough to draw...
I realize the fact that I am only a six-generation Texan does not nearly qualify me to discuss the "perversity" of the South's "inbred cultural" beliefs with Mr. Brown, who knows "firsthand" of the region having "traveled through it a bit." Yet I do feel that Mr. Brown...