Word: bias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...York Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups oppose the Young Women's Leadership School because it discriminates against boys; young men who deserve the same opportunities as these girls. Although Congress drafted Title IX in response to decades of bias against women, sexual discrimination is not a one-way street. Inner-city girls might learn more in the school's singlesex environment, but society cannot sanction any kind of discrimination. Civil rights laws, arbitrarily enforced, lose all moral standing...
...instance, last semester Harvard's decision to deny tenure to Assistant Professor of Government Bonnie Honig prompted outrage across the University, including a sharp letter from 12 senior faculty members to President Neil L. Rudenstine, and allegations of discrimination and intellectual bias were splayed in newspapers nation-wide...
...already easier for Caucasians to find a match, so why should we target them?" Simonoff asked. "Maybe I have a bias now because Alan if my friend. All I know is Alan doesn't have a match and this is the only way he's going...
...doubt that the World Church of the Creator (WCOTC) is a group of horrible people. It may well be that its white supremacist agenda has no place on this campus or on this planet. However, I put forward that your article exhibits a significant bias. Indeed, it is a politically correct bias, but it is a bias none the less. --Frank Pacheco...
...attorney for Officer Volpe, simply says Louima was lying, not about his injuries but about how and where they occurred. "What happened to [Louima] was not a result of anything that took place in the station house," he declared, without elaboration. And he disputed any allegation of racial bias. "They don't know what they're talking about--Volpe's girlfriend is black...