https://contemporaryracism.org/3654/affirmative-action-not-gaining-traction/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Mon, 23 Apr 2018 23:26:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://contemporaryracism.org/3654/affirmative-action-not-gaining-traction/comment-page-1/#comment-927 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 23:26:16 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=3654#comment-927 Lily, thank you for writing about this, I had no idea that this was going on at Harvard. Something that I am wondering about Harvard’s defensive response to these allegations is whether or not this is some sort of defense mechanism for being accused of being racist. Typically, on an individual level, it is not out of the ordinary for a White person to respond with hostility toward allegations of being racist, and I am assuming that it works the same on a collective level as well. You said that they used the argument about “maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of applicants” and to me this sounds like Harvard is using defensive mechanisms and blaming external factors rather than looking at their own institution with a critical perspective.

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