Word: central
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Long ago, Blacks were called "colored people," as if normal people were white and Blacks were merely white people with a little coloring. In the same sense, "people of color" perpetuates ethnocentrism by continuing to place "white people" as the central group to which all others are compared. Words like Black or Latino emphasize that different minorities have as much independent reality as whites. Rather than defining one group in terms of another, each group's integrity should be recognized and appreciated...
Ubert won the best student-athlete award for all of Central Ohio his senior year of high school...
...Jews and Arabs I've met during the last two months who have worked on and talked about Question 5, regardless of their opinion, right or left. We already do care; it's our peoples who are involved, and not just abstract principles applied as easily to Africa or Central America. At times all I've been is frustrated. I know we can put our passion to better use. It's not hard. Jonathan Savett...
Nevertheless, the chairman of the Central Council of Jews has condemned Jenninger, saying that statements of protest have come in from all Jewish communities. About 50 members of Parliament walked out during Jenninger's speech. Furor over the speech was so widespread that Jenninger resigned on Friday, apologizing for offending those he felt had misunderstood his speech...
...Soviet Union's first reusable spacecraft orbited the Earth twice today and landed eight miles from its launch pad in Central Asia, marking the first unmanned space shuttle flight ever, a spokesperson for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said yesterday...