Along with business consequences, Sanchez said Harvard's current departments suffer from not recognizing the trend.
"The way that Harvard tends to do race is pretty much black or white," he said. "But that's not even true in Boston anymore. It's not that they're deficient courses, they just don't reflect diversity now."
The lunch event drew an audience of about 15 students wanting to ensure that the push for ethnic studies will continue to grow in strength.
"Students now have lots of visions and ideals about how they would like to learn ethnic studies," said Serre-Yu Wong '00, co-chair of the Student Advisory Committee of the Foundation.
She said the group is looking for a concrete plan of action from the University.
Tri M. Phuong '02, one of two students who served on Wednesday night's ethnic studies panel, said he is committed to the cause of ethnic studies and that all Harvard students should be aware of it.
"Just to be knowledgeable citizens in the twenty-first century, students are going to need to have a knowledge of ethnic studies," he said.
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