Word: thernstrom
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...Some of the most vehement criticism of the idea has come from Winthrop Professor of History Stephan A. Thernstrom. Thernstrom has argued that any policy that distinguishes on the basis of color is harmful to the improvement of race relations in this country...
...extraordinarily difficult to undo the remote past by particular programs rewarding the descendants of people who suffered," Thernstrom said. "One might as well begin by asking the African government to provide compensation because it is they who captured the slaves and sold them. It seems to me that would be absurd...
...According to Thernstrom, Harvard undergraduates supported Republican candidates Herbert C. Hoover and Alfred M. Landon over Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 in the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections, respectively, even though Roosevelt, the architect of the New Deal and a former Crimson president, enjoyed widespread support from the U.S. population at large...
...Thernstrom says that despite the change in political allegiances, Harvard's views on economic and social issues have always reflected the opinions of the upper-middle class Northeastern establishment...
...Thernstrom said he thought Harvard student's unwillingness to serve unless they were personally committed to the cause was a result of a perceived "elite status" among Harvard students...