Word: segregationism
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Bloodworth defended race-based affirmative action. "People do not have the historical context to understand that slavery only ended 5 generations ago and that segregation ended even more recently."
During Lott's senior year at Ole Miss, on Sept. 30, 1962, armed U.S. marshals moved to install Air Force veteran James Meredith as its first black student. They were met by rock- and rifle-wielding students and other rowdies. In the violence that ensued, two were killed, scores injured...
"In the North, there's a polite segregation, whereas in the South you really have to deal with racism," Yarbro said.
Surely that outcome cannot be the intent of the university. The fears of actual physical segregation of ethnic groups have already been realized by the status quo. Moreover, the fact that the university officially recognizes both the existence and importance of different ethnic groups begs the question of why it...
"I was very excited to become part of the diverse community Harvard prided itself on," said Jessy J. Fernandez '98, co-president of the MSA. "It was a disappointment, then, that I found the intense racial and ethnic segregation that defines campus life."