Word: saffran
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dennis J. Saffran '76, a member of D-SOC, says that there is a "lot of overlap" in individual members' politics in both NAM and D-SOC, but that in general, NAM members would subscribe to a more rigid class analysis...
...Saffran says that NAM puts more emphasis on the plight of "oppressed peoples," and he cites the relationship between the Harvard Corporation and the Harvard Faculty as a possible point of contention between his group...
...think that NAM gives enough consideration to the independent power--and the often reactionary power--of the Faculty," Saffran said Saturday. "In responsibility for the shoddy education here, the Faculty is stronger than the Corporation...
...Saffran said NAM would be more likely to term the Faculty a body oppressed by the Corporation...
Both groups agree that blacks are among the "oppressed peoples," but neither organization has any black members and both are largely upper-middle class. Both Saffran and NAM spokesperson Laura Burns, a second-semester junior, say this owes to Harvard's make...