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...memorial to alumni who died during the Civil War. But there is no clear precedent for such a memorial and it would cheapen the sacrifice made by Harvard's Union war dead to lump them together with those who lacked the courage to stand against the unjust and immoral regime in place in the Confederate South. There are probably a number of Harvard alumni who died doing the Devil's work, but there is no high-powered task force set-up to commemorate them. Singling out Confederate soldiers for such treatment, then, makes no sense...
...Hispanic family automatically receives financial aid from Harvard University once he or she is admitted. The sons and daughters of a poor white family or an Asian American family do not automatically receive financial aid. What is true at Harvard is also true at other colleges. That is unjust...
...Nigerian government ignored the worldwide pleas for clemency and protests against Saro-Wiwa's unjust conviction. After the execution, the military junta dismissed the outrage expressed by South African President Nelson Mandela, President Clinton and British Prime Minister John Major...
...leaders to spare Sao-Wiwa's life, it was clearly a token gesture. As long as companies such as Shell continue to support the military junta by mining Nigerian oil, and, as long as institutions like Harvard invest in Shell, human rights abuses such as Saro-Wiwa's unjust execution will continue...
Affirmative action as a procedure is considered wrong because it unfairly rigs the admissions process and therefore produces unjust outcomes. And, because Harvard and the government department employ a procedure that is wrong, they are wrong as well. Standing alone on the Right side of this issue (publicly at least) is Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. In addition to a selective interpretation of an article co-written by Professor of Government Gary King, much of the rhetorical force of the article is provided by an interview with Mansfield. (Indeed, the term "Race-norming" is a direct quote...