"Others will perceive this financial commitment as inadequate," though, Dale added.
Hostility
The report also states that the University's commitment to affirmative action is superficial, and charges the administration with being "hostile" towards the Afro-American Studies department.
"In light of the recent demonstrations, we wanted people to know what Third World students are upset about. We wanted an opportunity to make concrete connections between racism at home and abroad," Aaron A. Estis, one of the editors of the report, said yesterday.
"The main purpose of this pamphlet is to educate the people about the nature of institutional racism at Harvard," Alison M. Brown '80, another editor of the report, said yesterday.
The report, which took six weeks to prepare, will be distributed to all students in the College this week. "We're also going to make sure the press sees it," Estis said.