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Former Dunster House resident Alan J. Kuo '85 is dying of leukemia; he may have as little as one month to live if doctors do not find an exact match to his bone marrow. Last week, Kuo's tragedy was brought to light on Harvard's campus, due to a two-day bone marrow drive sponsored by friends of Kuo and the Chinese Students Association...
...recent Crimson article ("Friends Crusade for Marrow Match," news, Sept. 22), the former director of the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard, Jol Silversmith '94, argued that the campaign to find a bone marrow match for Alan Kuo '85 discriminates against white students. While we share Mr. Silversmith's concerns with protecting civil liberties and remedying discrimination, we do not agree with his conclusion that efforts to register Asian-American and other minority bone-marrow donors are discriminatory...
...Crimson's coverage of the donor registration drive noted, Asian-Americans and other ethnic minorities have a more difficult time finding compatible bone marrow donors than do whites. The dearth of minority donors has placed Mr. Kuo in a life threatening situation; he is only one of many minorities who could be saved by a matching bone marrow donation...
Given these consequences, it is appropriate for the government, the Harvard community, and the friends of Mr. Kuo to organize and support efforts to register minority bone marrow donors. In doing so, they simply recognize the medical fact that matches for minority clients are more likely to be found among minority donors...
...tribes with casinos have formed partnerships to fund bone-marrow donor registration drives and park refurbishing, and they have become prominent donors to the local charities which help San Diego's homeless, HIV-positive-and unemployed populations. Gambling has been nothing less than a boon for Native Americans in the region; in a decade, groups of Native Americans grappling with disaffected and socially marginal residents have turned their tidbits of sovereignty into a multi-million-dollar business venture that provides employment, substance abuse rehabilitation and a sense of pride for the historically embattled tribes...