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...year-old Moroccan schoolteacher Mohammed Achrak by a 66-year-old mentally ill Belgian man. But Abou Jahjah turned Verhofstadt's allegations into a trial of Belgian attitudes toward the country's 400,000 Muslims. Are Muslims second-class citizens? What will the government do to fight rising racial tension? And why do many second-generation Muslim Belgians still not feel at home? The situation is especially dire in Antwerp, where unemployment in many immigrant communities hovers around 30%. Under the slogan "Our People First," the far-right Vlaams Blok (Flemish Bloc) garnered one-third of the vote...
Before addressing the budget deficit, Nye touted improvements in the diversity of the student body and said that for the first time in school history more than half of incoming students were women. Racial diversity increased as well, he said...
Following a string of racially charged incidents at Harvard Law School (HLS) last spring, promoting respect for racial diversity on campus has become an important task for both HLS students and administrators. The Committee on Healthy Diversity was created following concerns over these incidents, and it has initiated the type of dialogue essential in addressing issues of sensitivity...
...representative of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), at a Nov. 18 town hall meeting, suggested that the committee expand the Law School’s anti-harassment code in order to shield students from future racial insensitivity. Because the Law School’s code already proscribes actions that constitute racial harassment, the BLSA’s request must target speech. Any expanded harassment policy that would cover more than actions, regardless of what one chooses to call it, amounts to a speech code and therefore subverts the principles of the First Amendment. If enacted, it would...
Also last week, members of the Black Law Students Association called for Harvard Law School (HLS) to adopt an anti-harassment policy protecting students from racial insensitivity. The call alarmed some HLS faculty, who claimed that such a measure would limit free speech...