Word: segregationism
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I agree "the demise of self-segregation should be lauded, not lamented." But there is something to be said about seeing faces on campus that are the same color as mine. Although only one of my closest friends is Asian American, I took comfort in seeing many Asian faces every...
Somehow, Harvard isn't doing something right. Finding out and fixing what isn't right is immensely important not only for black students, but for the entire Harvard community. The first step in the "demise of self-segregation" for which Oppenheim yearns is the discovery and resolution of the very...
DIED. A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM JR., 70, esteemed federal judge and scholar; of complications from several strokes; in Boston. Higginbotham, a civil rights advocate who called himself a "survivor of segregation," was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom--the nation's highest civilian honor--in 1995 when he retired from the...
Further, there was a direct relationship between a school's percentage of black students and its social rating. We should not kowtow to the notion that minorities can only feel comfortable in each other's company. While randomization is problematic on many levels, the demise of self-segregation should be...
Despite concerted attention to issues of race at Harvard and a world-renowned Afro-American Studies Department, black students still face a Faculty that is overwhelmingly white and an administration unreceptive to calls for greater Faculty diversity. Randomization has atomized and dispersed black students, undermining traditionally supportive communities; the College...