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...richest university, [so] it’s the one in the best position to take on this issue of income diversity,” says Kahlenberg, who commissioned Heller’s report. “It has a very strong record in taking a leadership role on racial diversity, and it’s completely left income diversity off the table...
Addressing the conflict between schools’ role in educating citizens and multiculturalist demands for diversity, sociologist Nathan Glazer posed this question in his book We Are All Multiculturalists Now: “Groups, racial and ethnic, and women want to see themselves in the curriculum…But what will this emphasis on multiculturalism, on ‘recognition,’ do to our efforts to teach our children truth and the best way to reach it, to promote American unity, to encourage civic harmony...
...racial disparity in yield statistics may be further explained by the fact that—at least historically—African-American applicants rarely were classified as legacies...
...unpopular but good-hearted Tracy’s high school, and when she is unexpectedly awarded the honor after a dance contest, a veritable class war between her and Amber von Tussle, the quintessential wealthy bitch, erupts in their hometown. Before long, Tracy finds herself fighting for racial equality on the Corny Collins Show, but despite this segment’s somewhat serious subject matter, the play remains lighthearted and hilarious. Carly Jibson and Bruce Vilanch star in the touring Broadway ensemble. Through Nov. 7. 8 p.m. Tickets $30-97. Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston...
...life is the puzzle, Zuckerman is the omniscient narrator putting together the pieces, gleaned from flashbacks and black-and-white photographs and memories of a time when checking off “White” on a Navy identification card was the ticket to a future free of racial shackles. Silk’s reinvention of his own identity is such that blame for a racial slur cannot prod him into telling the truth about his perfectly constructed life. These long years of ironic sacrifice are what Zuckerman chronicles in an attempt to weave together a Forrest Gump-like pastiche...