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...facets: first, that Harvard is conservative in its internal policies, even racist and sexist, and second, that Harvard is conservative by nature because it is an entrenched institution in a conservative nation. From the days of John reed and W.E.B. DuBois '90, who said he was always considered "a nigger on the team" here, people have complained about Harvard's white male ambience. And the University has also had an indirect role in political battles that could hardly be called liberal--from President A. Lawrence Lowell's calls for Sacco and Vanzetti's execution to Henry Kissinger's departure from...
...passive or nonaggressive. We fear this has or can lead to acceptance of and adjustment to an unjust society." Blacks must always stand up for their rights, they believe, especially before authority figures, but never in self-destructive ways. When a policeman, for example, calls a black a "nigger," the incident should be reported immediately to the N.A.A.C.P. or another group in a position to take action. The authors also advise blacks to become active in the N.A.A.C.P. and similar organizations...
Open Racism. With more than 60% of the inmates either black or Puerto Rican, racism burned openly. White members of the observer committee were openly referred to by guards and townspeople as "nigger lovers." A black committee member was thrown out of a local diner. Both black and white observers, Wicker included, heard muttered threats from the guards and troopers that when the shooting started, they would be the first...
...jurors have indicated. Not even the three days of jury selection that preceded this trial could eliminate anti-abortion sentiment from the panel. Another parochial sensibility was apparently active in their considerations. Even if Edelin is no killer, he is black. One juror quoted another as saying. "That nigger is guilty as sin." Apparently, some of the jurors viewed Edelin's race as a crime in itself. Furthermore the jury dealt with the judge's instructions haphazardly, substituting, for his stipulation that it must find Edelin guilty of "wanton and reckless" conduct in order to convict, its own speculation that...
Linda Lawrence, a Boston schoolgirl, tells the crowd she is called a "nigger lover." A man in the crowd shrieks with delight. "Oh yeah! My woman's called that too..." Bebopping through the crowd, he stops to hassle a lesbian wearing a "Dyke" button...