Word: ethnical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SOCIALLY, the term is meaningless. Jackson may have tried to create a coalition of minorities, but the "Rainbow Coalition" is closer to fiction than reality. Each minority has its own issues and agenda, and people of one minority may not feel any kinship with people of another ethnic background...
Harvard's ethnic conference should serve as an example for how minority alliance can be achieved without ignoring the distinctness of each minority tradition. The program is divided into two parts: minority groups meeting independently at first and then coming together at the end. The history of race and ethnic relations has a long, long way to progress before groups can simply join. And because of that terms like "people of color" can only dilute understanding of each minority...
...lack other potential 1992 candidates. Richard Gephardt and, to a lesser extent, Al Gore are strengthened by the perception that they would have run stronger races than Dukakis did. Bill Bradley remains as beguiling as ever, and Mario Cuomo stands ready to prove that not all Northeastern ethnic Governors are soulless technocrats. Maybe 1992 will be the year the Democrats shake off their presidential curse. Or maybe the party is just doomed to wander in the wilderness until President Dan Quayle runs for a second term...
Troops manned sandbagged bunkers and cruised the streets in armored personnel carriers in the southern cities of Hyderabad and Karachi, where nearly 300 people died in ethnic strife in September. Elsewhere, police patrolled streets to keep order...
...response to viewer complaints, the show introduced an extra character to the skit. Although he was also played by a white actor, the character was supposed to be a more handsome, intelligent, and articulate Asian. Whenever he came onscreen, there was a caption that read something like "Positive Ethnic Role Model." Clearly, the show's creators were aware that they were offending people. Their solution, however, was glib and insensitive, belittling valid anger with a ludicrously negative portrayal...