Word: racial
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Self-segregation occurs when, for whatever reason, members of a racial or ethnic group isolate themselves from the greater community. In a Crimson dining hall survey of 45 students, about 58 percent of students believe Harvard to be at least somewhat self-segregated. But self-segregation is a loaded term: it implies something is wrong with the way in which people interact with each other. “A lot of people would take issue with using that sort of language. Many people, myself included, feel that there is a space for individual communities on campus,” says...
...very harmful if school districts move to the point where 75 to 80 percent of their students are from one racial or socioeconomic group,” Willie said. “Cambridge ought to recognize the benefits that it already has from diversified schools...
...Some parents said they thought the economic and racial diversity of the Cambridge Public Schools was a selling point...
...person saying it is cuddly, left-of-center, and/or not despicable—so Jon Stewart makes the cut, while Ann Coulter does not. One need not look far to see the consequences of this focus on the speaker rather than the speech. For instance, a certain racial slur is okay for Jay-Z, but not for Michael Richards. Or, to use an example closer to home, if an individual is disliked or perceived as illiberal (and at Harvard, these two usually go hand in hand), their benign-to-mildly-offensive comments can take on new degrees of horrendousness, suddenly...
...style that may be Iggy’s nod to 1950s crooners, the title track proves enjoyable. Well-placed saxophones in “Passing Cloud” liven up an otherwise monotonous stretch of the album. “Mexican Guy,” despite its off-color racial humor, does have a infectious beat. Lyrically speaking, the album still exhibits the nihilism and quasi-political fury characteristic of “Raw Power” and punk rock in general, while managing to be modern at the same time. “Free & Freaky...