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...Robert W. Jensen, a professor of journalism at the University of Texas, told a small audience yesterday that Americans will continue to encounter difficulties in dismantling white privilege because many in the white community are afraid to discuss racial issues. The noontime discussion, which took place in the Phillips Brooks House Asssociation Parlor Room, attracted about 14 people to hear Jensen speak. “We’re used to thinking about the fears of people in subordinated communities, but there’s also fears that come from being white,” Jensen said. He added that...
...staff workers, perplexed professors, and student activists. Faced with a $220 million deficit over the next two years, every member of the assembly had some reason to worry. “Each of us represents his or her own segment of a huge, complex organization,” said Robert Darnton, director of the Harvard University Library. “And the questions naturally take the form of ‘What about me?’” Confirming his own observation, Darnton continued, “I have to admit, Mike, that...
...retrospect, we would think that bubble money was not spent in the right way, and therefore we shouldn’t take the bubble money as the base from which we make cuts,” Government Professor Robert D. Putnam said, followed by a round of applause...
...Europeans do not need a messiah to save them," says Pascale Joannin, general manager of the Paris-based Foundation Robert Schuman. "They want a program of clear policies and ideas to answer their concerns...
...Publicly, the Obama Administration made the standard disapproving noises. "A serious step in the wrong direction," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. But in truth, North Korea's latest gambit could not have been altogether surprising to anyone in Washington - least of all to the State Department diplomats who have been dealing with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the past decade. They know that even in Pyongyang, North Korean officials have access to the Internet. If they cared to, they could have read yesterday's New York Times, which reported that the Obama Administration is considering...