Word: ethnicity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...songs of regional chauvinism and banners of ethnic pride exacerbate racial tension? That is a touchy question these days, what with black students hoisting a black-liberation flag in Newark classrooms and a black state legislator walking out of a banquet in Richmond when the band struck up Carry Me Back to Old Virginia...
...rose from 38 per cent in 1958 to 70 per cent today. That is encouraging, of course. Yet polls are not infallible, and people will often behave quite otherwise in the privacy of a voting booth than face to face with a pollster. Anyone who says that racism and ethnic voting are things of the past in this country is indulging in hypocrisy...
...push of a button, he can command a list of the names of voters who support him-and thus require only his limited attention-or a "sway" list of independent and undecided voters, who should get more of his time. Properly programmed, the computer can identify subgroups by occupation, ethnic origin, even hobbies, then dispatch "personal" letters, circulars or telephone messages as needed. Surveys have shown that personal messages, even when identified as coming from a computer, are highly effective and often cheaper than television spots. One firm charges from $10,000 to $13,500 per congressional district...
This syncretistic religion has grown out of Brazil's ethnic mixture and unusual degree of miscegenation. Though the indigenous Indians and imported African slaves took on a Christian faç.ade to please the Portuguese colonists, they never really gave up their own religions, and the church, from the beginning, had to accommodate them. Today, many Brazilians practice two religions at once, going to Sunday Mass, then returning to the same church on Monday's "night of the souls" to burn candles invoking their favorite spirits...
...have to be Italian to hate The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, although that gives you a distinct edge. The movie's febrile witlessness easily transcends all ethnic boundaries and comes guaranteed to outrage virtually everybody...