Word: equalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pride in your statement, "I had to be better than the men against whom I competed," and that's why I think pride is the essence of this situation, more than justice. Both of you spoke of the need for diversity, and both of you, I think, spoke of equal opportunity. I think what we have to expect in America is that equal opportunity will bring diversity. The way to diversity is through equal opportunity, and not through affirmative action preference. That is our principle, it is essentially a liberal principle. It is also a principle on which almost...
...Hollis: Equal opportunity as a concept has a serious problem, however, and that problem is that we take the distributions of burdens and benefits as they stand. Now, it's very easy to say, "I want the best development officer in any Ivy League institution anywhere in the country." The fact is that there are few Black development officers in the Ivy League institutions of the country, and it's not because of the peculiar skills required. It's because historically, alumni officers and development officers have a peculiar recruitment process--it's done through who you know...
Mansfield: Equal opportunity, is our liberal principle, and I don't think it is true to say that Blacks have not had a lot of opportunity within the, say, last 15 years. Before that, you wouldn't find very many Blacks in development offices and high positions in universities. But I think there has been a great change in the situation in this country, and I'm almost 50 years old, I grew up in Washington, D.C. a Southern, segregated city. When I look back at the difference between how Blacks were treated then and now, I see an enormous...
...people are questioning the 1983-84 Harvard hockey captain's ability to play Division I hockey today. The issue now is whether this year's team can equal last year's Crimson successes, which included the Ivy League and ECAC Championships and a second-place NCAA finish. Although he says, "The last three and a half years have been the most fun in my life," Code feels that the comparison should not even be made...
...claiming sex discrimination, a federal-court judge in Tacoma decided in their favor. That ruling is now being appealed by state officials, with the Reagan Administration considering joining in the case against Castrilli and her coworkers. The dispute is the latest battle over the politically charged question of requiring equal pay for jobs of comparable worth. "Not only is this the civil rights issue of the '80s," says Ann Lewis of the Democratic National Committee, "but it may well be the gender-gap issue...