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...into so much trouble in the past: empathy. As a candidate, and then again when he nominated Sonia M. Sotomayor, Obama listed empathy among the most important virtues a justice could possess. His opponents insisted that the term could only be code for an “activist?? judge, which in turn is code for a left-wing judge. But to understand Obama’s insistence on empathy, we need to consider the classic statement on the subject by an 18th-century author who is usually understood to stand on the right of the political spectrum: Adam...
...Black, lesbian, feminist, writer, scientist, historian of science, and activist??—a series of words Hammonds used to describe herself in a 2004 article in “The Black Studies Reader”—the Dean has made a point to emphasize diversity, having previously served as the University’s first senior vice provost for diversity and development...
...past. And though the University has no plans to launch such an investigation, many feel the time is right for Harvard to do so, given that University President Drew G. Faust—a leading Civil War historian and a self-professed “civil-rights advocate and activist??—is at the helm.“Harvard is perhaps uniquely positioned to engage in an exploration of our country’s history with slavery and its connection to the present,” says Alfred L. Brophy, an expert on civil rights litigation...
...Dines told her Harvard audience not to study academic writing on this subject, because it is out of touch with reality. This is a funny assertion, as this activist??s own methodology leaves something to be desired. Aside from numbers on the amount of money that is spent on pornography each year, Dines’ presentation was completely without statistics. She provided only protracted anecdotes about celebrities like Anna Nicole Smith (whom she wistfully explained “died of a broken heart”) and in-your-face images. She cited a lack of interest and funding...
...February. Chief Illiniwek, portrayed by a student in buckskin clothes and face paint, is a racist symbol of older, less understanding times. At least seven Native American groups, local and national, have lobbied to eliminate him. The documentary “In Whose Honor?” traces one activist??s fight against Illinois’ “degrading depictions” of her fellow Native Americans...