Word: asianized
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First, we must define ethnic studies. Belying its actual meaning, the word "ethnic" has come to connote the experience of minorities and immigrants in this country.Thus, course in several existing departments--East Asian Studies, Sanskrit and Indian Studies, etc.--do not qualify as "ethnic." In fact, the only departments that can call itself truly ethnic in this sense is Afro-American Studies. "Afro-Am," as it has come to be known, deals primarily with the history, sociology, and literature of Blacks in the United States...
...forces driving the black market are so strong that nothing -- not public opinion, not political pressure, not the power of police -- has halted the tiger's slide toward extinction. Can international trade sanctions against Asian nations succeed where all else has failed? There is no guarantee. The tiger's plight reveals the limits of conservation efforts and raises disturbing questions about humanity's ability to share the planet with other animals. Says Elinor Constable, an Assistant Secretary of State who leads U.S. diplomatic efforts to help the tiger: "If the concerted efforts of the world cannot save the tiger, what...
...tiger hunting and forest destruction had raised the specter of extinction, but in 1972 governments rallied to rescue the cats. Taking up the issue as a personal cause, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi launched Project Tiger, which established the country's network of reserves. Western nations joined with several Asian countries to ban hunting and the trade in skins. By 1980 populations on the subcontinent had recovered to the point where B.R. Koppikar, then director of Project Tiger, could boast to the New York Times, "You can say that there is now no danger of extinction of the tiger...
...situation is almost a replay of the battle between environmentalists and Asian nations over the ivory trade, which led to rampant poaching of African elephants during the late 1980s. Fearful that the promises made about tiger parts were as empty as the ones made about ivory, 86 organizations, led by the Earth Island Institute (EIA) and Britain's Tiger Trust, took their case against China and Taiwan to the governing committee of CITES in March 1993. The committee gave the two countries six months to start cracking down on the trade in tiger parts and rhino horn. The deadline...
...details about hunting that would be difficult for human mentors to teach. And once tigers have disappeared from an area, Schaller notes, it becomes extremely difficult to convince villagers that they should welcome the animals back. "It would cost millions to breed and reintroduce tigers," says the biologist. "If Asian nations want tigers, they can have them far more cheaply by protecting the remaining wild tigers...