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Although the letter praises West??s skill as a professor, it maintains that Summers has a right to monitor the quality of all and any university professors...
...Professor West??s spirit, energy, and ability to get students interested in questions of justice will surely be missed,” the letter reads...
...result, it is clear that Summers needs to do more than tolerate the existence of the Afro-American studies department if he is serious about his commitment to diversity. If he wants to show the Harvard community that he was not just crying crocodile tears at West??s departure, he must take positive steps toward expanding the university’s commitment to the academic study of race and ethnicity. Strengthening the existing African-American studies department and women’s studies committee, establishing departments in Latino, ethnic and queer studies and appointing someone with a demonstrated...
That concern has become only more prominent since last December when Summers began to spar with West, allegedly about the quality of West??s scholarship and the role of race in college admissions. After that tiff, it seemed that Summers tried to mend some fences—until West blasted Summers as being the cause of his departure. As West made clear in his statements to the press, his decision was made largely based upon Summers’ failure to take any real measures to keep him. Soon, even DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis...
Race is Harvard’s topic du jour. Cornel West??s defection to Princeton, Charles Ogletree’s crusade to win reparations for slavery, and last weekend’s rally supporting diversity are the stuff of debate in dorms and dining halls across campus...