Word: alejandro
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Underlying the disputes is a growing divergence of the interests of the two groups, reinforced by mutual suspicion. Black and Hispanic leaders, says Alejandro Portes, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University, "see everything as a zero-sum game. If blacks get something, Latinos lose something, and vice versa." Many African Americans believe that Latinos are benefiting from civil rights victories won by blacks with little help from Hispanics. Says Fletcher: "During the height of the civil rights movement, Hispanics were conspicuous by their absence. They kept asking, 'What about us?' But rather than joining us in fighting the system, Hispanics...
...hope that they, like the members of the Boston veterans group, the Smedley Butler Brigade, may stand as witnesses against the criminal government that put their lives in jeopardy for its unjust goals. Tom Garvey '92 Alejandro Reuss '92 Members of SAWME
...their nature, slogans are limited in content. If Mr. Taxin and Mr. Wilson are interested in meaningful debate, they are welcome to contact Students Against War in the Middle East. Benjamin Bernard '92 Alejandro Reuss '92 Tom Garvey '92 Members of SAWME
SAWME member Alejandro Reuss '92 told the crowd that while they should be mourning the deaths of the 12 American Marines who were killed earlier this week, they should also keep in mind that Iraqi people are also being killed...
Rounding out the panel were Alejandro Reuss '92, a social studies concentrator, and Howard Zinn, professor emeritus of science at Boston University...