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...superior court justice ruled last week that Harvard had not improperly discharged a former Kennedy School employee...
Ethnocentricism based on claims of superior understanding is a pretty daunting turn in race relations, sexual-orientation relations, gender relations. I have no doubt that being white keeps me from knowing exactly, and personally, what's going on in Black culture. But can you imagine how unconvincing the argument for upholding Roe v. Wade would be if all that was said to men is that "It's a woman's thing. You wouldn't understand...
Twelve months ago, Superior Court Judge Frank Donato was tempted to send these first-time offenders, all age 13 to 14, to a juvenile prison for two years. After all, their rampage had coincided with the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the shattering of Jewish property in Germany and Austria that marked the start of the Holocaust. Victim Shaw, who broke down and cried in court while recalling the death of his best friend by "Nazi bullets," had unsuccessfully begged the judge to release the boys' names to the press. "They should have been persecuted, not prosecuted," says Shaw angrily...
Leading, 10-0, at the half, Harvard lost its rhythm, and the Crusaders tallied nine points in the first 28 minutes. Superior fitness and skills finally came to the fore, however, as the Crimson loosened up, scoring 16 points in 12 minutes to run away with the game...
...rich or poor, white or black, who attend public schools -- Duke is expressing a resentment of the poor for daring to exist. During his more forthright racist days, he had eugenic solutions for the problem: tax deterrents to breeding by the lower class matched by incentives for the genetically superior. He has softened that to drug testing and mandatory instruction in contraception for all welfare recipients...