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When the personal became political for a grape grower's son and a former political committee chair of RAZA last year, a seemingly simple decision to serve grapes in Harvard's dining halls sparked a campus-wide debate on workers' rights that eventually made national headlines...
Many student organization, from RAZA to theWomen's Leadership conference, agreed to co-signthe letter with AAA, and the Phillips Brooks HouseAssociation offered to host a separateextracurricular fair for ethnic organizations onits premises...
...have seen a few more courses which deal with race and ethnicity," says Gonzalo Martinez '98, former president of RAZA. "It seems to me there has been more focus or at least lip service to ethnic studies...
...thing to say that there is lack ofminorities in certain groups. We all have toresponsibility for that," says Monica M. Ramirez'01, who represented RAZA at the AAA-sponsoredpanel discussion. "But I don't want someone to sayto me, 'We need Latinas. Hey, you're a Latina. Whydon't you join...
Groups like AAA and RAZA say, if nothing else,recruiting their members shows that an awarenessof their organizations and the importance of theirviews exists...