Word: africanizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...within a few decades many of these traditions will vanish, or at least change beyond recognition. In many African nations, minority tribes are being culturally assimilated--if not physically wiped out--by the ruling majority; in others, rural villagers are migrating to the melting pots of the cities. Even those who stay behind are finding the lure of Western music, culture and clothing irresistible. Nobody believes the trend can be stopped, or that it is necessarily a bad thing--for example, in the case of female circumcision. But scientists do want to document Africa's existing cultures before...
...smaller share of the population. Some delegates tried again at this convention to push reform, but they got nowhere. Meanwhile, minority attendance at G.O.P. conventions is inflated by nonvoting "auxiliaries" affiliated with the R.N.C. Says a member of the National Black Republican Council, the auxiliary for African Americans: "We're window dressing." But the window last week was a big one: almost every camera searched for their faces...
NASHVILLE, Tennessee: Hoping to make amends for snubbing the NAACP convention last month, Bob Dole apologized to a group of black journalists Friday and declared that the GOP will never be whole without the support of African Americans. Addressing the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists, Dole said that Republicans mean to earn the support of blacks by creating opportunities for minorities and eliminating discrimination. Both Dole and his running mate Jack Kemp suggested that the GOP would address racial inequality with outreach to minority communities, not with affirmative action quotas or set-asides. "I've supported...
...great mentioner included this former Cincinnati mayor on the second tier of rumored Veep picks. The first African American to hold statewide executive office in Ohio, Blackwell has a resume that includes stints as city councilman, an ambassador to the U.N., and Deputy Housing Secretary under Jack Kemp. The son of a meat packer and a practical nurse, Blackwell was a Democrat growing up but switched parties in the 1980s. His conversion was driven in part by what he said is a "basic Jeffersonian" distrust of bureaucracies. "Doomsday," he said, "is the day we get all the government...
...Youth Pavilion just outside the convention, the Young Voters Programs also heard spirited exhortations from current leaders. Instead of Colin Powell, the future of the Republican Party listened to Raynard Jackson and Ron Christie and Armstrong Williams, all African Americans on the political rise. Instead of peering into a crowd of white delegates, these men were surrounded by white students...