Word: ethnicity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lewis said he believes Jackson appeals more to working class and ethnic groups than to student interests. However, he said, Harvard volunteers will be essential in issue research, fund raising, and other campaign duties...
...Javanese, the Creoles took control of the preindependence assembly in 1973 elections. The state's 40,000 Bush Negroes−descendants of escaped slaves who live tribally in Surinam's jungles−have always preferred dealing directly with the Dutch, and distrust the Creoles. Another ethnic group consists of 10,000 largely apolitical indigenous Indians...
...Hindustanis, who traditionally ran most of the country's commerce and supplied most of its doctors and teachers. Last week's debate over the constitution was forced by nervous Hindustanis who demanded−and eventually got−promises of such safeguards as an army composed of all ethnic groups and elections within three months. "If the government obeys it, we have a very democratic constitution here," said Opposition Leader Lachmon. "If it is obeyed, it can be one of the best constitutions in the world. If it is not, I hate to predict what might happen...
...students admitted to the school last year, 28, or 20 per cent, are ethnic minority members...
TODAY, NEW YORK'S Hester Street offers up an ethnic potpourri. One end of the street is Italian, another is Puerto Rican, and a recent New York Times article reports that "Hester Street's tomorrow, which has already begun today, is clearly Chinese-American." Joan Micklin Silver's film by the same name is set at the turn of the century, a time when the street was a major center of activity in New York's Jewish ghetto, and the men who shuffled down its sidewalks were mumbling Yiddish under their beards...