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...This is not all that surprising that this would happen to an African American man, and even to somebody of Skip Gates' stature," said James H. Sidanius, a psychology and African American studies professor whose area of study includes institutional discrimination and group conflict. "These things happen all too often, where African Americans are disproportionally stopped by police more than others, disproportionally detained for arrest, and disproportionately found guilty and sentenced to prison...
...Sidanius said he believes the incident should have stopped when Gates provided the officer with his Harvard identification and driver's license as proof that he lived in the home, and "the fact it went beyond that is unsettling...
...Faculty will act,” he said. “Most of the people who usually show up at these meetings don’t think strategically, then probably there won’t be a big difference in the turnout.” Psychology Professor James Sidanius also recognized the possibility that a lowered attendance threshold might in fact have a negative effect on turnout. “In one sense the impetus to lower the quorum number is more a result than a cause of lower participation, although there’s likely to be a feedback...
...Bernbaum Professor of English Literature Leo Damrosch, Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design Rem Koolhaas, Cabot Director of the University Art Museums Thomas W. Lentz, Beren Professor of Economics N. Gregory Mankiw, Professor of Geophysics J. O’Connell, Professor of Psychology James H. Sidanius, and HMS Professor of Cell Biology Junying Yuan. The academy also honored 24 foreign citizens as honorary members. The procession was preceded by brief lectures by selected new inductees. One inductee, Center for Brain Science Director Joshua R. Sanes, noticed some conspicuous absences among the new fellows, from filmmaker Spike...
...pair’s Harvard colleagues made “a full-court press, to let them know how much they were appreciated, how much they were loved,” said James Sidanius, a longtime friend of the couple and professor of Af-Am and of psychology...