Word: ethnicity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...military balance," into negotiations in Geneva. Only 18 per cent of the total population of Cyprus is Turkish, while 80 per cent of the island's people are Greek. Nonetheless, Turkey proposed to separate the two nationalities and reserve over a third of the land in Cyprus for the ethnic Turkish minority...
Most of the people who work in Chinatown experience such an emotional demand--nearly all of them are Chinese simply because volunteers need to know Chinese, although there are programs that use only English. Having the same ethnic background works to draw people in. As Doug Lee puts it, "I saw a need in Chinatown and identified with it, because the people who are suffering are like...
...Republic of Singapore, an island city-state of 2.1 million people (75 per cent of them of Chinese ethnic origin), became an independent nation in August 1965 after two turbulent years as a constituent state of the Federation of Malaysia. Established in 1819 as a port and later as a major military base for the British Empire. Singapore has grown since independence to be the world's third busiest port and one of its major oil-refining centers, with an economic base of manufacturing, shipbuilding, commercial and financial services, and a per capita GNP of over $1000 per year...
Racial and ethnic quotas are not only arbitrary and unworkable, they are wrong, wrong in school assignments, hiring, or membership in any organization. Quotas cause people to be treated differently on the basis of their race, with the effect of excluding people from many positions because of their race. Furthermore, quotas completely overlook merit where it should be the basis for consideration. If a disproportionate number of Jews study and work enough to become doctors, then a disproportionate number of Jews should be doctors...
...must integrate public support into the conduct of our foreign affairs through responsible and candid leadership by the Executive, in the Congress and in the media, with better understanding of the roles of pressure groups, whether they be economic, ethnic or philosophic. Also, there must continue to be a strong moralistic basis for U.S. foreign policy. It would have no validity without...