Word: ethnicity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...said he opposed affirmative action because the government should be "colorblind" and because the country is "too multi-ethnic" to adequately define "what qualifies as an oppressed minority...
...case the three leading Democratic presidential candidates were talking about dealt with an explosive political question: whether the Federal Government should sponsor large-scale housing for low-income groups, which could break up what Carter described, in a moment of uncustomary carelessness, as the "ethnic purity" of neighborhoods. By a vote of 8 to 0, the Supreme Court agreed that a U.S. district court could direct the Federal Government to do just that-but only under carefully prescribed conditions. Those conditions, in fact, made it certain that the suburbs were in no immediate danger of being invaded by large-scale...
...Carter not only has the support of Pittsburgh's mayor Pete Flaherty but also benefits from the fact that Philadelphia's mayor Frank Rizzo, who is Henry Jackson's chief local backer, is under heavy fire at home (see story page 18). Moreover, despite his "ethnic purity" remark, Carter last week won a firm endorsement from Atlanta's black mayor Maynard Jackson, which will not hurt him among Pennsylvania's black voters. Said the Atlanta mayor: "Jimmy Carter appears more liberal than many of those who use the liberal label...
Should Carter eke out a victory in a state with an equal distribution of blue-and white-collar workers and as great an ethnic mix as anywhere else in the nation, he will be well placed to defeat Favorite Son Lloyd Bentsen in the Texas primary at week's end. That would build a perhaps irresistible momentum for Carter-unless he can be slowed by the forces gathering behind Humphrey...
...example, the Hillel announcements). The justifiability of this approach is questionable--I wasn't aware that you had also assumed the function of college humorist. However, my particular complaint is about a notice that was definitely not funny. This item appeared on Saturday, April 10, under the heading of "Ethnic Purity." The notice announced that the Institute of Politics fellow Gilbert Carmichael and his former campaign manager were to speak about the "New South." The implication of the title, especially after the controversy over Jimmy Carter's use of that phrase, is that Carmichael and the rest...