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...timely way to appropriately aid Radcliffe in hurdling potential roadblocks to its emergence as an institute for advanced study and its full integration into the University system, as well as provide information about how other minority interests—whether they be ones of race, ethnicity or socio-economics—might fare at Fair Harvard...
...their emancipation. Instead, freed slaves and their descendants were subjected to the Jim Crow period of legalized discrimination and segregation that dedicated a system of inferiority to them in all areas of life from residential segregation to educational separation and political disenfranchisement. The result was the continuation of the socio-economic subordination of African-Americans in American society. After the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the system of discrimination enforced by law was transformed into institutional forms of de facto discrimination that have continued to depress the status of black Americans. Beyond mere...
...determined to single out drug offenders for permanent punishment. While thieves may spend time incarcerated, they are free to build a new and better life once released. Drug offenders, on the other hand, may be prevented from attending college and from achieving a higher level of education, stunting their socio-economic mobility and prospects for a better future. Legislation sponsored by Rep. Barney Frank ’61-’62 (D-Mass.), which would repeal this provision, is currently under consideration in the House of Representatives...
Beyond unfairly punishing drug offenders, the federal law’s flaws also include a class bias. The majority of drug arrests in the United States occur in low-income areas, where police enforcement is at its highest. Although drug use is prevalent among members of all socio-economic classes, law enforcement’s focus on poorer areas creates a risk imbalance between communities of different economic character. The law, by targeting individuals convicted of drug offenses, is more likely to affect poor drug users than rich ones. Furthermore, even when wealthier students are convicted of drug offenses...
Toulouse-Lautrec’s work is often seen in large museums within exhibits of other post-impressionist art, but the Fogg’s presentation adds a particular socio-historical context to the painter’s earliest efforts...