Word: segregationism
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But, you gasp, isn't segregation bad? Isn't that what that whole ruckus in the 1960s was about--ending segregation? What about that Brown vs. Board of Education thingy? If we go back to the segregation of unrandomized housing, aren't we taking a step backward?
Without randomization we would see a more segregated House system, but there is one crucial difference between this type of segregation and pre-Civil Rights segregation. That difference is one of power. The segregation that revolutionaries of the 1960s sought to put an end to was based on exclusion from...
There are some within the University who found fault with the previous system. Many observers suggested that students spent too much time during the spring of their first year selecting a house. Others argued that granting students a choice promoted self-segregation and hindered interaction between identifiable groups of students...
Critics of choice have cited the "Black table" and the "Asian table" as examples of the self-segregation and lack of interaction that existed before randomization. They also point to the relatively large number of students of color who chose to spend their remaining three years at Harvard in the...
"Critics of choice have cited the 'Black table' and the 'Asian table' as example of self-segregation and lack of integration that existed before randomization," the letter states. "As tutors of color, we are wary of any policy, including randomization, which implies that a community of minority students gathering together...