Word: africanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush's remarks come at a time of renaissance for the nation's 117 historically black colleges. During the 1970s, many of the best black students deserted such institutions for Ivy League schools. Today, spurred in part by racist outbreaks on predominantly white campuses, African-American students are rediscovering the nurturing atmosphere and pride in a shared heritage that made black campuses attractive to their parents' generation...
...quite. Critics say the policy is racist and unfair, encouraging the most motivated parents and students to take their talents and tax dollars out of inner-city schools, which are predominantly African American and Hispanic. The hemorrhage leaves these schools with the neediest students and fewer resources with which to help them...
Considering that it represents a reversal of centuries of black subordination, the rise of the black manager has been accomplished with remarkably little upheaval. But not without some strain. African Americans who have risen through affirmative-action plans can face resentment from white underlings. Some white subordinates fret over whether black bosses will favor other blacks. And the stories are common among black managers of white employees who ceaselessly buck their authority or who go over their heads to complain to higher-placed whites...
...Robert P. Wolff '54, director of Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni/ae Against Apartheid, on the nomination of South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu as a candidate for the Board of Overseers...
...shacks are "representative of the student poverty caused by the cuts. We call them `Cut-back City," said Owen R. Broadhurst, a freshman affiliated with the group. He said these structures were different from earlier shanties erected as protests against the apartheid policies of the South African government...