Word: derrick
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Weld Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell--who is currently taking an unpaid leave of absence to protest lack of faculty diversity--said that the abrupt and uncourteous manner in which Watson was dismissed may have revealed an attempt to punish Watson for his controversial views...
Weld Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, who is taking an unpaid leave of absence from Harvard until it tenures a Black woman, attended the faculty meeting and quietly spoke to several protestors as he left Pound Hall...
Weld Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell--who is currently taking an unpaid leave of absence to protest lack of faculty diversity--said that the abrupt and uncourteous manner in which Watson was dismissed may have revealed an attempt to punish Watson for his controversial views...
...Harvard undergraduate taking a leave of absence in Chicago, I was dismayed to read about Professor Derrick Bell's recent actions at Harvard Law School in the Chicago Tribune. It cannot be denied that currently there are no Black female tenured professors at the Law School. Dr. Bell's leave of absence without pay is an attempt to rectify this situation by influencing the administration in their hiring practices. I agree with Dr. Bell in believing that the Law School's predominantly white tenured faculty should be expanded to include non-whites, especially women. However, Professor Bell's ill-advised...
...white faculty hiring the Administration chooses to do will not be as publicized as Dr. Bell's allegations or racist hiring. I doubt seriously the Chicago Tribune will choose to print a positive follow-up story if the Law School were to grant Professor Bell's wishes. If Derrick Bell and his supporters take a good look at all the fuss he has made, they will see that his actions were shortsighted and have no percussions. Kelly S. Mikelson...