Word: bias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While formal gender bias may be less of a problem academia today, female Faculty members and graduate students say subtle barriers and stereotypes still persist...
...often, say some women, the bias is more blatant. One teaching fellow in the humanities, who asked to remain anonymous, recalls a discussion with a male teaching fellow of a science Core class that showed he was prejudiced against women...
...they are, a judgment Faye makes with scandalous bias, they get her whole deal. New names, new resumes, new life stories. There is no charge but the life you walk in with, because that person is ended forever, and a new one rises up and disappears into a network of safe houses and churches, zigzagging away from dads and police and private detectives. A blond might become a brunet. A long-haired girl might become a short-haired boy. It takes months, sometimes longer, before you can stop and blend in somewhere, unreachable, unrecognizable. And then...
...sheer coincidence that among TIME's 20 most influential leaders and revolutionaries of this century, six are Americans and half are English speakers? Should we believe that English-speaking countries naturally produce more influential leaders than, say, French- or Spanish-speaking nations? Did cultural bias influence your selection? REHA KESKINTEPE Geneva...
...analyzing the breakdown of theland-for-peace formula and the chances for atwo-state solution, Ashrawi directed sharpcriticism at United State intervention in theMid-East, accusing the nation of an overtpro-Israel bias...