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Gays, lesbians, bisexuals and heterosexuals who support gay/bisexual rights are not presupposing that oppression suffered because of homo/bisexuality is exactly the same as oppression suffered because of skin color. Rather we point out that the bigots who prefer we keep our sexuality "behind closed doors" are close cousins of the bigots who prefer that different racial and ethnic groups stay on their respective "sides of the town...
Investcorp posted profits of $52 million last year from holdings that include a 50% stake in Gucci, the leather-goods empire, as well as control of Color Tile, the largest U.S. floor-coverings retailer, and Carvel, the ice- cream chain. After taking over Tiffany in a friendly buyout in 1984, Investcorp took the jewelry chain public again within three years and made a profit of $100 million...
Each week brings fresh news of vicious attacks, racist slurs and intimidation on campus. The Carnegie Foundation details the "breakdown of civility" and the risks ahead for colleges trying to rebuild community. At Harvard, a black law professor votes with his feet: until the university adds a "woman of color" to the tenured faculty, Derrick Bell is on strike...
...original, Harvard Law School professor Derrick Bell last week declared not a sit-in but a walkout: he announced that he would take a leave of absence at the end of this academic year and would return to work only when Harvard added a tenured "woman of color" to the law faculty. "I cannot continue to urge students to take risks for what they believe," he said, "if I do not practice my own precepts." Added Bell, whose salary is about $100,000 a year: "I will view removing myself from the payroll as a sacrificial financial fast." His action...
...gentleman of color on the faculty at the Law School who is conducting a one-man strike until a lady of color is offered a professorship on the legal faculty seems to have omitted several considerations: 1. The lady should also be a Muslim (very few on the faculty). 2. She should be a lesbian. 3. She should also know something about law. Arthur J. Morgan...