Word: ethnicity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There are a number of ethnic groups in this country who come from various parts of the Soviet Union who seriously ask that same question-Latvians, Estonians and others. Quite frankly, I think there is a stronger pressure group [in the U.S.] on behalf of Jewish emigration. Now, I am told, and I think the sources are accurate, that the Jewish population within Russia has always had serious problems, regardless of geographical or other considerations. So that may be a factor...
...Viet Nam and nuclear testing. Ronald Reagan's record is even more closely associated with imperialistic ventures. All eight men are part of the power structure that the CIA was trying to protect. The committee contains no representatives of the peace movement, no women and no members of ethnic minorities...
...fraternity brotherhood-once built on a foundation of religious and ethnic exclusion-is opening up a bit. Most fraternities proclaim policies of nondiscrimination, but on many campuses there are Wasp houses, Jewish houses and black houses-and everyone knows which is which...
Many of the out-of-school children had one thing in common: poverty. In Floyd County, Ky., for example, 21% of the children C.D.F. interviewed said that their parents could not afford to buy books or pay the required school fees. There was a wide racial and ethnic mix among the children. In the predominantly white Riverton Housing Project in Portland, Me., 11% of all school-age children were not attending school. In one census tract in New Bedford, Mass., 73% of all children of Portuguese descent were out of class. In the Northgate Housing Project in Montgomery...
This movie begins with a sure sign oi trouble to follow: a montage of stills showing cute kids, each representing an ethnic minority, all of them pretty and smiling and irritatingly adorable. Having established this trough at the very outset, Writer-Director Melville Shavelson is free to proceed downward...