Word: saxons
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Bailyn's 668-page tome--the first in a series on population movements--documents the lives of English and Scottish emigrants to the colonies between 1773 and 1776, the last Anglo-Saxon group to reach the East Coast before the American Revolution...
Braxton said she believes that Harvard could domore to attract Black students. "We should informminorities that you don't have to be the son of arich, Anglo-Saxon corporate executive to go here,"Braxton said...
Harvard represents the traditional America, dating back to its Anglo-Saxon heritage. Succeeding in the United States in many ways means assimilation, achieving some ideal of what an American should be, and Harvard is an integral part of that ideal. This University was founded by the original American stock of New England. Its ivy-covered brick walls, wood-panelled rooms and highbrow image are part of the traditional English heritage and elitist manner still maintained in this nation of equals...
...complained of immigrants snarling a weird yiddish. (I like to think it was my ancestors who annoyed this 19th century man's sensibilities.) At the 350th anniversary celebration, Charles, Prince of Wales will speak at one of the main convocations, the one dedicated to celebrating Harvard's Anglo-Saxon roots...
Perhaps non-Anglo-Saxon immigration is too recent a phenomenon to transform Harvard substantially, one of the most ancient institutions in the United States. But that doesn't mean schools like Harvard should be avoided, rather there should be constant pressure on them to change. Pressure that we sometimes forget to apply just as we forget our fleeting ethnic heritages...