Word: ethnical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like these predecessors, Wolfe is a master of social satire; he is, in fact, the best of his generation. Bonfire is merciless and unrelenting in its depiction of New York as a city driven by ethnic and racial hostility, political ambition and status. What of idealism, ethics and refined impulses? In the words of one fulsome character, "fuhgedaboudit." Action is motivated by the seven deadly sins, distributed evenhandedly among the city's blacks, Irish, Jews and that overlooked minority, the rich Wasps...
...address in Johannesburg (2), Huntington argued that the South African government should follow a policy of simultaneous reform and repression. Reform, he said, was necessary because "it seems likely that a minority-dominated hierarchical ethnic system...will become increasingly difficult to maintain"; the historical demise of other ruling racial minorities suggested apartheid could not survive unchanged. (p. 11). And rather than waiting for a revolutionary overthrow, he suggested that ruling elites might want to shape the changes themselves...
Salerno's win in the North End as an Italian candidate is typical of Boston's ethinically-oriented politics. But, Bob Case a spokesman for the Salerno campaign said that her appeal is not ethnic but issue-oriented and unifying...
...There is a kind of old school politics in Boston. It is divisive and tries to use ethnic and religious backgrounds to overturn people," Case said...
...Although ethnic diversity has been a largeproblem for the houses in past years, Jewett sayshe thinks distribution of minority students haslargely evened out. While not every house has anequal distribution of all minority groups, Bossertsays, every house has at least some minoritystudents. "To the extent that there arecommunities [of specific minority groups inspecific houses], I don't know that's bad," hesays...