Word: bigots
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...question is not--as apparently the SDS and the American Anthropological Association see it--whether Professor Herrnstein is a bigot: the question is, is he right? If there is any virtue in our system of intellectual freedom, any value for the society at large, any justification on the grounds that it contributes to rather than detracts from the viability of that society, it lies precisely here: under in the truth will out, or at least it stands a chance. Professor Herrnstein: to his credit, has recognized his responsibility for this ideal by exposing the subject in the marketplace, however irresponsible...
...case, Scammon and Wattenberg suggest that the successful candidates in most races will be those who re-examine their language and move closer to the "real majority." For all the crossfire of "bigot" and "fascist," Scammon and Wattenberg conclude, "We recommend to would-be leaders of the people that they trust the people and listen to the people before leading the people...
...King Mongkut in the 1860s were written into a bestseller of the 1940s, Anna and the King of Siam, was no such heroine. Never mind the book or the stage and screen versions, says Ian Grimble, a Scottish historian. He startled BBC listeners by describing Anna as a bigot, "one of those awful little English governesses, a sex-starved widow." Grimble says he bases his ungallant appraisal on a study of Anna's own books, The English Governess at the Siamese Court and The Romance of the Harem. They were, says Grimble, "pornographic," and "rubbish" -"the sort of books...
...Bugaboo. Mrs. Mink, 42, turned in her fury to Humphrey, who, she assumed, had appointed Berman to the committee (actually, it was Fred Harris, former Democratic National Committee chairman). Demanding Herman's ouster, she called him a "bigot," guilty of "the basest sort of prejudice against women . . . His use of the menstrual cycle and menopause to ridicule women and to caricature all women as neurotic and emotionally unbalanced was as indefensible and astonishing as those who still believe, let alone dare state, that the Negro is physiologically inferior." Betty (The Feminine Mystique) Friedan, former president of the National Organization...
...Your article on Jewish influence on U.S. foreign policy took courage at a time when criticism of a minority brings the inevitable cry of "bigot." I wonder what our Middle Eastern foreign policy would be like if there were a sizable Arab minority in this country...