Word: biases
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...conference was conceived, in 1997, in the conviction--a true one--that "the dream of a world free of racial hatred and bias remains only half fulfilled." Robinson hoped the conference would "shape and embody the spirit of the new century, based on [the] shared conviction that we are all members of the human family." But for such sentiments to be more than pious cant, those who went to Durban had to travel in a spirit of generosity, reconciliation and compromise...
...Harris, who sponsored the amendment, is pushing for more change. "The public sector needs to keep up with the lifestyles and financial interdependence of modern couples," he says. "I'm campaigning to make these policies non-discriminatory." ? Not everyone agrees that the Homsi case is a valid example of bias. "Discrimination mainly applies to circumstances where people have no choice," wrote Sunday Telegraph columnist Mary Kenny. "Brad and Anna did have the choice, and they chose not to marry." If the policy is to change, where should the government draw the new, blurry line to replace marriage? Says Reah...
...European Jews. In France and Britain, home to Western Europe's two largest Jewish populations, Jewish groups are borrowing tactics used by America's powerful Jewish lobby to persuade their governments to adopt a more pro-Israel stance and to combat what many see as persistent anti-Israel media bias...
What's more, the very term protest music has always assumed a Western liberal-humanist bias. We think of earnest guitar strummers in natural fabrics singing for human rights and tolerance. But as recent history teaches, in the new cold war--between the Hollywood/Mickey D's axis and every other world culture--genuine cultural pride can morph into nationalism, racism and worse. To the world's musical rebels today, is the enemy within or without...
...opposite: geometric abstraction, drawn from a distinguished and systematic collection made by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, who lives in Caracas, Venezuela, and is an ardent evangelist for South American abstract painters and sculptors. Cisneros has a severe and finely tuned eye, and her collection is remarkably free from nationalist bias. This is a very catholic collection. Of course, some of the artists in it, such as the Venezuelan Jesus Rafael Soto, 78, have exhibited quite often in the U.S. But most of them are not all that familiar, and the show makes a strong case that some of them--including...