Word: racially
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Likewise, Clark has shown no great commitment to racial or gender diversity in the faculty. During his term as chair of the Subcommittee on Appointing Women, Clark was responsible for appointing only one woman to the faculty. When Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, one of the School's two tenured Black professors, held a sit-in to protest the denial of tenure to Dalton, Clark said "This is a university--not some lunch counter in the South...
Unfortunately, this promised conciliation seems far away. Clark's newfound commitment to gender, racial and political diversity are dubious at best. Bok has already lost the faith of the faculty, choosing a candidate whom the majority of professors opposed and committing the School to traditional forms of scholarship. Whether Clark will follow through on his promises or like Bok fail to address the interests of his fellow scholars remains to be seen...
...problem of race and racism on campus produces confusion and divisiveness among students," said Philosophy professor Peter A. Railton, who proposed creating a special course that would address racial issues...
Railton said his course would promote critical discussion of the issues through studying the history of racism, literature about minority experiences and competing hypotheses about origins of racial inequality and institutionalized racism...
...University of Michigan has a history of racial incidents. Members of minority groups say they think a required course can correct the insensitivity that leads to incidents like Black students receiving insulting notes under their doors...