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Black Students Association (BSA) President Zaheer R. Ali '94 wrote to The Crimson and a number of Harvard authorities March 2, calling on Harvard to either substantiate or apologize for Mansfield's remarks, which he called "Eurocentric [and] white supremacist-informed...
...think if one were to look at the new media and campus publications as a barometer of pressure that [Black] students face, we will see that in terms of the number of stories, content and the number of issues raised, Black students are subject to significantly more," says Zaheer R. Ali '94, former president of the Black Students Association (BSA). Ali also spearheaded a coalition of nine campus minority groups, the Coalition for Diversity, which called Harvard "the Peculiar Institution...
...were to look at the news media...as a barometer of pressure that [Black] students face,... Black students are subject to significantly more.' ZAHEER R. ALI '94CrimsonJamie W. Billett...
What does have racist overtones is the suggestion that ethnic minorities grouping together is a bad thing in a way that, say, Feppies gathering in the Hasty Pudding is it. I disagree with Zaheer R. Ali '94 on many sings but I agree with his comments last week in the Crimson: "I do think in general in society there is a fear anytime Black people or so-called minority people or people of color are gathering together...
...sure [Johnson] has good intentions, but I questions whether a racist officer would express his racism openly and overtly in front of him," Black Students Association president Zaheer R. Ali '94 said in an October interview...