To: Fred Nerks
Just found another interesting article about Obama’s time at Harvard. Reading through it I am left with the impression that Obama will fight for something if there is something in it for him but will not become involved if it will “rock his boat”. Please read this and let me know if my impression is wrong. Thanks!
http://www.thenewblackmagazine.com/view.aspx?index=621
To: Chief Engineer
In order to be qualified to teach at Harvard, you had to have served on a major law review at a prestigious law school. That was a big hurdle to jump, but when Barack was selected as president of the Harvard Law Review, his election alone made our case for faculty diversity.
Sounds as though a. he was used as a tool by the campus activists to push "diversity" or b. used as a tool by the school to try to mollify the campus activists.
To: Chief Engineer
Barack was something of a celebrity on campus even in law school. That's because he was the first black student elected as president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. I, on the other hand, was a campus activist, deeply involved in the movement for faculty diversity... well, the activist-writer got what he wanted, an African-Arab-American posturing as an African-American with a swelled head running as a candidate...
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