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...barriers in sports. He was the first African-American runner to win gold at the 1936 Olympic Games, coming from behind to win the 800-m race. Woodruff's victory--along with nine other black athletes who won medals, including Jesse Owens--was the clearest form of rebuttal to racism both in Nazi Germany, where the Games were held, and at home. Nicknamed "Long John" for his 10-ft. (3 m) stride...
...basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. The term applies to all white people.” Conversely, students were told that a “non-racist” is “a non term…created by whites to deny responsibility for systemic racism.” This is not the stuff of cultural cohesion. Rather, the program at the University of Delaware represents the worst mechanisms for building diversity on a college campus: Its methods were to victimize and criminalize, and its effects were to polarize. In our ethnically and racially diverse colleges...
...Guess that demographic in the College is even slimmer than the closeted opportunist i-banking hopeful… Not slim enough: a slew of Harvard mamas turned away from Project East, after being explicitly told they were 2 fat 2 B hott. Weightism: the new racism for minorities… Unnaturally hairy ears didn’t stop one Harvard admin from buying a 2-for-1 ticket to bonetown for him and his proctor lady-friend. Not invited? His wife. She tried to go, but they’re all booked up… Harvard hopefuls have just...
...ways. To do so would be the pinnacle of self-contradiction. According to State Sen. Dean G. Skelos of Long Island, the “rash of incidents clearly demonstrates the need for tough new penalties.” We appreciate the legislators’ wish to stamp out racism wherever it exists, but unfortunately, this bill won’t do that. Skelos has compared the image of the noose to that of a swastika or a burning cross. But his examples prove our point: banning an image doesn’t extinguish the hatred behind it. Germany banned...
...frequently work with Arab and Muslim student groups on campus to facilitate dialogue. Both Harvard Hillel and the Progressive Jewish Alliance have asserted their opposition to the event. Horowitz’s suggestion—that, by virtue of their religion and culture, Jewish students would support such outright racism against Muslims—only exacerbates the polarization between Arabs and Jews, and indiscriminately conflates religions, ethnicities, and political allegiances...