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...manipulate.” Open and equal discussion—prerequisites for and results of a vibrant NGO environment—is a sign of weakness in such paradigm. In 2005, the consequences of closing the avenues of legitimate dissent became evident in the capital of the North Caucasian provence of Kabardino-Balkaria. Although most of the local population practices Islam, regional authorities used arrests and beatings, closures of mosques, and limits on religious practice in public places to suppress Islam. These actions radicalized many young Muslims, who came to see armed revolt as the only means of protecting their...
...audience surely wanted to hear—made sensible only in the context of the eccentric vibe of the entire Blackalicious show last Tuesday night at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Perhaps because of Boston’s semi-segregated design or the price of tickets, but the Caucasian to African-American ratio of the audience seemed similar to the ratio running for office on the Republican Party ticket—there were a few blacks there, but they seemed outnumbered and out of place. First opener Pigeon John is about as annoying as an actual pigeon...
...confusion by being accepted early, he still did not manage to escape another faux pas by the admissions office. “I received an e-mail from Boalt inviting me to their ‘students of color’ dinner, when in fact I’m Caucasian,” Fawaz said. “I talked to some friends of mine, and this happened to them as well. We were all very confused by it.” Other erroneous acceptance e-mails have been sent from Cornell, Duke, and the University of Georgia. At Cornell...
...They would talk about how Chinese mothers are overbearing and strict. But my mother is Caucasian and relaxed, so I couldn’t empathize,” Tu says. “I just didn’t feel that communal bond that I think often binds these groups...
Maya E. Frommer ’07 might have been an anomaly at Chinese Student Association meetings two years ago, when she was an officer of the group.For one thing, she’s not Chinese.“I’m completely Caucasian,” said Frommer, a government concentrator from Chicago.Frommer might have stood out at the group’s meetings, but on Harvard’s campus, she epitomizes a trend—undergraduates who are crossing traditional ethnic lines in their extracurricular choices.Joseph A. Pace ’06, a social studies concentrator...