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The statement charges that, although Harvard admits "complicity" with racial discrimination in construction trades, it "refuses compliance with student demands" that it take a role of leadership in ending discrimination.
"We are appalled at the prospect that an institution with which we are so closely identified may, through its intransigence and insensitivity to a matter of basic concern to black people, precipitate student protests that will have lasting consequences for them, for us and for Harvard," the statement said.
The statement calls Harvard's history of complicity with the construction industry's discrimination "a definite example of institutional racism."
The statement also presents justifications for the OBU occupations to force Harvard to accept the 20 per cent figure. "Experience has shown that Harvard, like other segments of American society, will not move aggressively toward just goals except in the face of radical action.".
The Committee on Rights and Responsibilities cited alleged attacks on individuals as a basis for the severe punishment, including suspension or dismissal of 16 students, following a November 19 sit-in at Dean May's office.