Word: dilemmas
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Academic Elitism and the Debt Dilemma...
...appropriated formerly derogatory terms--from "Negro" to "black" itself--as consciously chosen emblems of racial pride and identity, Chin tried to turn the racist label of "Chinaman" into one Chinese-Americans could claim as their own. Instead, hyphenation carried the day. But "Asian-American" only replicates Chin's dilemma: for it emphasizes the duality that plagues conceptions of Asian-American identity. The theme of most popular Asian-American literature has been the conflict of cultures--the alleged impossibility of reconciling Eastern and Western values, the stories of children caught between their parents' "Asian" values and their friends' "American" ones. Lost...
...abortion is fundamentally equivalent to murder and that compromise is ethical surrender? I doubt it. There are those that do, and those people are the ones who set up counseling services for pregnant teenagers and help parents of unwanted children find foster families. They see abortion as a moral dilemma, not as a chance to villify the poor...
Some conference participants suggest that the Federal Government establish an annual award for family-friendly companies--much like the coveted Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. And they insist that the issue be seen as affecting both men and women. Yet recognizing that the work-family dilemma has often been felt most acutely by women, Harvard's Minow concludes, "Our best hope is CEOs with daughters...
This situation is a scary dilemma for America. The activists now perceive themselves as threats because they are largely perceived as threats. Blacks are perceived as threats. Women are perceived as threats. Liberals. Gays and lesbians. Latinos. Asians. That's a huge group that encompasses, in my estimation, more than 70 percent of America...