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...more than that. As much as her reddened, pale skin betrays her legitimate claim to native roots, she unabashedly enjoys her minority status. She revels in playing the underdog. She’s lived the bulk of her American experience impoverished, ostracized by her poor English-speaking skills, feeling culturally dissonant in a structure (the US Army) that demands conformity—and she’ll be damned if she’s going to let skin color get in the way of that.Now my father, he can be black if he wants to. Born to a culture that...
...university that promotes itself as one that is diverse and open to all cultures,” he said. Latino workers at Harvard “have had their food and clothing sprayed with Fantastik cleaner” and “have repeatedly been ordered not to speak Spanish at work,” according to Geoffrey Carens, a Harvard library assistant and member of CREW and the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW). Fuerza Latina, HUCTW, Student Labor Action Movement, Latino Men’s Collective, Harvard College Democrats, and the Radcliffe Union of Students were...
Shirley L. Hufstedler ’07 doesn’t just speak out for justice; she screams. “Shirley really tries to empower the voiceless at Harvard. She sings those voices really loud,” says Hufstedler’s blockmate, Currun Singh ’07. And she’s spent four years building a community that can scream with her. When drummer Hufstedler first came to Harvard, she couldn’t find her niche. “I would call the music department and the Office of the Arts...
...daughter of a “shahid”—a martyr—sharply criticized extremist jihads last night, asking people to speak out in support of Israel in order to achieve peace in the troubled Middle East...
...think that her personal story and personal journey and transformation speak more powerfully than something like reading an academic journal would,” Rohr said...