Opinion
Greeks Must Improve
By Omar Rashid | February 23, 2001To the Editor: I am dismayed at the latest allegations of sexism and racism involving the Greek system at Dartmouth.
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Opinion
Determinism
By Omar Rashid | November 24, 1999All members of the Dartmouth Community are bound by a code of honor, which demands that we each hold ourselves as well as each other accountable for our actions.
Opinion
Bigotry Raises its Ugly Head In Party at Sig Ep on Friday
By Omar Rashid | January 11, 1999In recent issues of The Dartmouth, the decline of early African-American applicants to the Class of 2003 has dominated the headlines and the reasons for this decline have been debated.
Opinion
Transcending Racism, Not Race
By Omar Rashid | January 21, 1998Kenji Hosokawa's column "Interracial Relationships," January 19] has disturbed me in many ways. First of all, he falsely claims that race has been a problem in American society after "the demise of the 'evil empire.'" For when the first white northern European imperialists set foot on Plymouth Rock in the 17th century, racial diversity was imposed on North America and the natives living there. Then he proposes that in post-cold war America, "race may be the emerging definition of our identities." I suppose Hosokawa has neglected the fact that African-Americans were restricted by racism to the inhuman status of slaves for 100 years after the creation of our nation and then were only given the status of second-class citizens with the advent of apartheid from their emancipation for another 100 years -- c.
Opinion
Economic Welfare Is Only One Aspect of Well-Being
By Omar Rashid | October 16, 1996To the Editor: The column by Kenji Hosokawa ["Why Dole Should Win," The Dartmouth, Oct. 14] deserves to be replied to.