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Eleanor's positions on civil rights were far in advance of her time: 10 years before the Supreme Court rejected the "separate but equal" doctrine, Eleanor argued that equal facilities were not enough: "The basic fact of segregation, which warps and twists the lives of our Negro population, [is] itself discriminatory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eleanor Roosevelt | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

When Oppenheim writes that "the acceptance of racial and gender difference may have been possible...only because such inclusions did not involve revision of our basic moral principles," it is the nadir of an article whose unspoken agenda is to insist that homosexuality is fundamentally immoral...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Contextualizing 'Clit Notes' | 4/10/1998 | See Source »

...shaky grounds is just that--an assertion. As highlighted as an argument against the activities of the BGLTSA [Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgendered Supporters Alliance] in Oppenheim's article, it harkens back to the pseudoscience of 19th-and 20th-century race theorists. Perhaps some might agree with Oppenheim that "basic models of ethics and of sexuality are two of those foundations...that preserve a society's stability." But these are same people who object to the presence of women anywhere outside the kitchen. If a society cannot with-stand the integration of queer culture, then it does not deserve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Contextualizing 'Clit Notes' | 4/10/1998 | See Source »

...Rich and poor look the same at the Hajj, all equal in their status as pilgrims. The principle of equality is visible in real and large-scale application as the believers perform the rites together in a common dress. Images of the Hajj thus remind us all of the basic equality that supercedes class distinction...

Author: By Aamir ABDUL Rehman, | Title: Universal Lessons of Eid | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

Simplicity: In numerous ways, the pilgrimage instills a simple way of living. Pilgrims travel with few possessions, spending nights in tents and under the open sky. Meals are simple, and the clothing basic. The immense simplicity with which the Hajj is conducted teaches us that we can do without the finer things in life. The complexity and ornamentation of modern urban society are not essential to our existence. Observing the Hajj brings us back to the basics and points out that all the "extras" we strive for are not necessarily the most important things in life. Particularly in the world...

Author: By Aamir ABDUL Rehman, | Title: Universal Lessons of Eid | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

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