Word: affections
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although the advising upgrades will not directly affect upperclass students, many voiced support for the idea...
...common counter-argument to this point is that fraternities and final clubs are objectionable because they institutionalize the unfortunate necessities of elitism and exclusivity. But again, the simple answer is that every institution in this world that is worth its salt excludes based on those characteristics that affect its mission. If you're stupid, you won't get into Harvard. If you can't run quickly, you won't make the Olympics. No one screams at these flagrant violations of egalitarianism, nor should they...
...they dislike his manner, why can't they also exclude him because they dislike his religion or skin color? The answer to this is the logical converse to the point I made in the previous paragraph. While it is moral for an organization to exclude based on characteristics that affect its mission, it is immoral to exclude based on characteristics that are irrelevant. Hence Harvard's non-discrimination code; it would be wrong for the University, whose goal is to train scholars and citizens, to reject a qualified candidate simply because he or she is black or Jewish...
Similarly, race and ethnicity--though not gender, for the reasons mentioned above--have no inherent capacity to affect one's social potential, and therefore are not justifiable grounds for exclusion from a fraternity or final club. (Although it is undeniable that in this less-than-perfect world, social choices are often made on such grounds...
...Public health researchers typically have treated 'race,' erroneously, as a biological variable and have rarely attempted to examine how people's experiences of and reactions to racial discrimination can affect health status, said Nancy Krieger, the lead author of the study, in a statement...