Word: mansfield
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...hour-long address, titled "The Need to Act Affirmatively," was followed by a rebuttal from Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53 and a lengthy question-and-answer session from the crowd of more than...
...continued: "The mission [of Harvard] is to produce leaders of society from all segments of society. Unless we have classes that represent the pluralism of the United States, and, increasingly, of the world, we would not have succeeded in our mission." Even Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53 stated that he doesn't object to "recruiting Black and minority students" and conceded that "Blacks contribute something to the Harvard community...
However, in the past months, affirmative action has been brought under harsh attack, not only from those conservatives who have been crusading against affirmative action since its inception, but increasingly from the mainstream American public. As Mansfield noted, "the policies of affirmative action are suddenly coming into question in a remarkable way." The argument against affirmative action focuses on the claim that affirmative action is no more than a type of reverse racism. In an amazingly ironic twist, the system that was established to overcome the effects of group generalizations now more than ever looks at people solely as members...
...just about the most thoughtful of thepolitical columnists," Mansfield added. "I think alot of people agree with this, whether they takethe conservative standpoint...
...thought he would be very good," Mansfield said. "I had seen him a couple years ago at the Kennedy School Forum event when he gave a talk on term limits that went oververy well...