Word: raced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Meanwhile, as the fallout from the largest single election day in history continued, Republican presidential hopeful Jack Kemp formally pulled out of the race. Two-time Democratic contender Gary Hart is considering a similar move...
...letters in The Crimson, the first of which, on February 9, reported that several students had complained about some fall term lectures by a faculty member that were said to have contained racially insensitive remarks. I also learned that three students had come to the Advisory Committee on Race Relations to express these concerns and to seek advice. They were advised by [Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 and Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III] to address their comments in writing directly to the faculty member...
...have since encountered in conversations with colleagues a number of misunderstandings about the role of the Advisory Committee on Race Relations, the Dean of the Faculty and others in matters such as this. I have also heard concerns and questions about freedom of expression in the classroom. The writer of a recent thoughtful article wondered whether there was a conflict between the students' concerns and academic freedom. Late [Monday] afternoon, I did receive a letter from two of the students who consulted with the Advisory Committee. I asked them to write directly to the faculty member as originally suggested...
...case at hand, the Advisory Committee on Race Relations did what it was supposed to do--it advised the students how their concerns could be properly pursued, namely, by discussing them with the faculty member. Though one can imagine occassions on which the assistance of a Dean of Faculty or another member of the Faculty might be sought by both parties as a facilitator of discussion, it seems to me that the direct approach is the necessary first step...
...insensitive in a fairly public way without having a statement to which to respond, or the opportunity to discuss student concerns directly with them, is to be put in a difficult position. However, to the best of my knowledge, those students who sought guidance from the Advisory Committee on Race Relations have avoided public comment, presumably pending the opportunity to express their views to the faculty member That course of action seems to me judicious and fair. By proceeding in this manner, one minimizes the risks that reputations will be unjustly injured and that members of the University community will...