Word: mellone
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...Mellon Fellowship, however, does not apply to Asian-Americans, confirming a pattern of exclusion of Asian-Americans from programs intended to help minorities. Since Asian-Americans are a minority of the minority of non-whites, the majority thought the majority of minorities would be content with the fellowships...
...Mellon Foundation spokeperson Henry Drewry, who is responsible for administration of the fellowship, says in defense of the program's exclusionary policy, "We address the most acute aspects of the problem...
...justify the Mellon Foundation's policy, Drewry also referred to the significant advances of Asian-American representation in American universities. At Harvard, however, proportional Asian-American enrollment at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) is three times smaller than at the College...
...tenured faculty shows a total of four Asian-Americans in chemistry, physics, and biology combined. In the fields of classics, English, history, history of science, comparative literature, and philosophy, there is a mere total of three Asian-Americans tenured. These humanities are all fields supported by the Mellon Foundation for non-Asian minorities...
FELLOWSHIPS such as the Mellon and Ford are not affirmative action programs; rather, they merely act as encouragement to minority students. And this is precisely the point that is misinterpreted by opponents of affirmative action. If the ultimate goals of fellowships such as the Ford and Mellon are to normalize faculty salaries and representation, then the exclusion of Asian-Americans is indefensible...