Word: rican
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...every kiosk, it seems, are posters advertising ethnic groups' activities or race-related forums. A snapshot of the Yard on a weekday afternoon, afternoon, Sanders Theatre during a Social Analysis 10 lecture, or Tommy's Lunch on a Friday night would be a sociologist's dream: Black, white, Puerto Rican, Chinese-American, Korean-American and Mexican-American students working and playing together in an intellectual environment...
...fact, only the first and last of these requests were "in conjunction with" other groups (LaO and AAA, respectively). The second request was made by RAZA alone. And the third request was made by LaO, the Puerto Rican student association, which is an entirely separate group. Simply because two groups both have "Spanish-sounding" names, this does not mean that they are the same organization. Linda Wei '92 President, AAA Israel Villanueva Jr. '93 Steering Committee, RAZA Andres Lopez '92 President...
...distinctly African woman, dark in color." The claim that ancient Egypt, one of the cradles of Western civilization, was a black culture is a central tenet of Afrocentrism. Corroborating evidence is flimsy, but that is apparently not important. Writes John Henrik Clarke, professor emeritus of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at City University, New York: "African scholars are the final authority on Africa...
Come 1988, Harvard hosted Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez at the Commencement exercises. Arias won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his successful efforts at diplomacy in Central America...
...know the story. Tony (Brad Rouse) meets Maria (China Forbes), and it's love at first sight. But her brother, Bernardo (Dean Shapiro), is the leader of the Sharks, a Puerto Rican street gang, and Tony's a member of the Jets, a rival "American" gang. The young lovers want to stop an upcoming rumble, but when Bernardo kills Jet leader Riff (John Ducey), Tony avenges his friend's death by offing Bernardo...