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Duo that sparked Boston Latin race probe decline district internships

BOSTON — The two Boston Latin School students whose viral videos alleging racial hostility at the prestigious exam school ultimately led to the resignation of two top-level administrators declined offers to spend the summer interning at district's Office of Equity. Richard Weir, communications director for Boston Public Schools, confirmed

Massachusetts

There’s no ‘diversity problem’ at Boston Latin

Like other Boston residents, I have been perplexed at the degree of controversy surrounding our best public school, and the misleading analysis in local media, such as The Boston Globe. Underlying the race-relations controversy is the complaint that Boston Latin has a "diversity problem," that it doesn'

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Boston Latin parents protest tone of race seminar

BOSTON – A trio of angry Boston Latin School parents claim that race-related workshops last month featured overtly "anti-white, anti-police sentiment," in a complaint to city school administrators, according to sources familiar with the confidential document. The May 20 seminars were described by the school as "teach-ins"

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Sanders: Democratic convention could be ‘messy’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia and his push to make the party more inclusive could get "messy" but asserts in an interview with The Associated Press: "Democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle." The

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Diversity, race, ethnicity, and privilege

I am an American. That designation being insufficient for purposes of the diversity-accountants of the modern civil-rights movement, I am a straight, cis-gendered male of European ancestry, particularly Irish. Apparently, this means that I am the product of privilege. I am, in the sense that that I was born into

Massachusetts

Outside candidates look to crash Harvard Overseers race

CAMBRIDGE — Three out of five members of the slate of candidates running for seats on the Harvard's second most powerful governing board on a platform of free tuition and greater transparency in admissions are adding another issue to their platform: freedom of association. Led by conservative businessman Ron

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The diversity fraud

Diversity is among the most abused words in the English language, and in today's hyper-politicized society, it is fashionable to talk about it endlessly. To many, it is an obsession. Universities are infatuated with it (see Missouri, Columbia, and Princeton). Corporations race to be the most diverse and

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Some Nebraska voters still sticking with Cruz

Some voters in Tuesday's Republican primaries aren't happy that Donald Trump is their only real choice. In Lincoln, Nebraska, 47-year-old Dave George voted for Ted Cruz even though the Texas senator is out of the race.