Word: anties
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contribute to sexism, even if it does have a "right to exist?" Why participate in a tradition that once combined institutional racism, anti-Semitism and elitism (and some say still does). Why even go to a punching event at a club that treats all women--and most men--as second-class citizens...
...staff points to the clubs' history of racism and anti-Semitism as proof of the ills begat by elitist institutions. There is no denying the inglorious past of the clubs, but again, I do not hear anyone suggesting a boycott of Harvard, which itself took part in propagating the same parochial atitudes...
...Manna, one of the leaders of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), which is currently finalizing its contract with Harvard, said the union had not asked Taylor to leave the position, but that added "support staff members were uncomfortable when she took the job, given the anti-union campaign...
...legal breakthrough, several of the affidavits and citations filed to date reveal in more concrete terms how Schkolnick and her lawyers hope to force the Fly Club to admit women. The main document that lays out this legal argument is mostly a 29-page compilation of state and federal anti-discrimination precedents--but legal experts say the issues it raises will be around for a long time...
...brief says, "The club itself admits that it is not organized for any advocacy pupose," so the members' rights will not be infringed upon by the admittance of women. "The anti-discrimination statutes merely prevent the club from using sex as a shorthand measure for selecting members in place of more legitimate criteria for determining membership," it states...