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Word: blacks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Black Students' Association (BSA) asked the University Police in a meeting last night to increase security for students because of recent incidents of racial violence in Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BSA Asks Police for More Security | 10/16/1979 | See Source »

Thorpe Zindler is not the only stereotype, apparently. The brothel's caretaker, played by Marilyn Johnson, also offends Mr. Grafstein; he notes, "Johnson is also a stereotype; she is black." Texans, I know, are not as sophisticated or advanced as other Americans, but I was unaware that being black is considered a stereotype...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Defending 'Whorehouse' | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

They won't travel much farther than Yale this year, but that's fine with the 18 cheerleaders. Even though the athletic department will only pay for one away game jaunt, they did find the funds to costume the squad in "Harvard major letter sweaters" (black sweaters with crimson and white official H's) and white skirts and crimson pleats. "It's a real traditional outfit," Coutu says enthusiastically, although she regrets that the athletic department could not find money to provide the squad with two outfits: one cool, one "wintry...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Janus says she wants the squad to represent all "sexes and races." The squad now has a few white and Asian-American members, but most are black. Cheerleader Ellen D. Powell '82, says the original basketball cheerleading squad was all black. The squad did mostly "stomp cheers," which involved more clapping, dancing and singing, and Powell says most predominantly white high schools--like the one she went to--do "precision cheers," requiring stricter arm movements and less dancing. Powell "found it hard" to adjust to the stomp brand of cheerleading; others could not adjust at all and dropped out after...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Male cheerleaders sport black pants and white shirts. With the money left in the budget, Hoover says she hopes they will buy crimson sweaters so everything will match...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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