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...Academia, unfortunately, isn't held in high esteem by many minority communities," Dowling said, adding that many minority college graduates pursue the professional, not academic, route...
Studies of latchkey kids conducted by family sociologist Hyman Rodman of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro suggest that they are not measurably worse off than other kids, at least in terms of self-esteem and behavior in school. But Thomas Long, a Bethesda, Maryland, child psychologist who has also studied such children, believes they are emotionally vulnerable. They tend to fall into two groups, he says: those who see themselves as independent and capable, and those who see their situation as one of rejection and abandonment. Many children, he says, find that being alone is "frightening, initially, then...
...natives were relocated to their present home in 1967 with the promise of acceptable housing, running water and fishing boats, which have yet to appear. "The program made the people dependent on government," says Peter Penashue, president of the Innu Nation. "For kids growing up, there is no self-esteem, no pride in our culture...
Speaking of the low esteem in which the department is held today, Ayer says, "All of these scandals are on the front burner at the same time. The real trouble is not whether they're true, but that they all seem so plausible in the minds of the public. It simply means the Justice Department has lost the public's trust...
...universe. Who is asking what does it mean to be Russian? Russians! They want to explain to themselves what they are about. Each one of them wants to understand what is his or her place in the world. What are they expected to do? What is the degree of esteem they can expect from others...