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...acceptable within society’s institutions—of American society as a whole. A black man or a woman of any color, in the highest office, may help reform the way current and future Americans conceive of those who hold power, and it may also affect many Americans?? unconscious assumptions that the reason why an African-American or a woman has never been elected to the highest office is because they lack the necessary skills and mental capability to handle such responsibility...
...fulfill the history concentration’s reading seminar requirement, according to Caron P. Yee, the undergraduate coordinator for the Department of History. Johnson said that readings will be culled from history books covering the 17th to the 21st centuries, with a focus on the United States and African-Americans??his areas of research. The idea for the class came from Johnson’s research, which centers on questions about the history of slavery, particularly the history of violence and the sensory experience of slavery. “Out of that set of questions at the heart...
...percentage points between 1940 and 1960, before Congress passed any important civil rights legislation.But from 1960 to 1980, the poverty rate among African American families fell only 18 percentage points, even after social programs like the War on Poverty and affirmative action took root. The restoration of African Americans?? civil rights wasn’t responsible for their economic standing...
...cyclical thing, and the question is how to break out of the cycle.” Panelist Aaron T. Frazier ’10, a judge in the Harvard Model Congress, proposed the idea that removing programs such as affirmative action would diminish white resentment of African Americans??resentment that he said contributes to discrimination. An audience member, Raul A. Campillo ’09, offered an alternate approach during a post-panel discussion: that the government issue a formal acknowledgement and apology for its wrongdoings against minorities. Campillo’s proposal met with opposition from Anjelica...
...ourselves. Meanwhile, McCain has mused of regiments of uniformed young charity workers living in barracks, a return to the days of the Civilian Community Corps . But it’s hard to see how pressuring or coercing our youth for months or years will make them love their fellow Americans??meaning more likely their government...