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Diversity involves more than skin color and sex. True diversity also considers a person’s political and social ideology. Sadly, that does not seem to be the case at Harvard University...
...seems that in her mind, irrespective of your way of thinking, if you have colored skin or two X chromosomes, then you are diverse. This is an incomplete and prejudicial definition of diversity. If there are 10 Black, 10 Latino, and 10 Native American students (with an equal number of males and females) all of whom are conservative Republicans, then do you really have diversity? At our nation’s most esteemed academic institution, the answer should be an impassioned...
...yearn for the day when our school becomes a beacon to the world by proclaiming to students that their minds are more important than their skin or sex. As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Unfortunately, when it comes to diversity of thought, Harvard University is dull indeed...
...director of the ACLU of Arizona. "It singles out the failure to carry ID as a reason to believe you are an undocumented alien. What this means is that citizens will need to carry papers with them at all times. It means people like my mother, who has brown skin and an accent, can be arrested and detained until it is confirmed that they are legally in the country...
When I decided to join a final club, my mother was not pleased. Her voice tinged with disappointment as she asked how her son could participate in something so steeped in racist, elitist, sexist privilege. I countered that white skin and blue blood were no longer club membership requirements. But she wasn’t sold. What about the women? She persisted. After a few abortive rationalizations, I realized I had no good answer. I was embarrassed...