Word: ethnicization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...very simple to convince oneself that it is O.K. to cause suffering and death in other species, other races, other ethnic ;roups, or early periods of gestation. Every individual seems to draw the distinctions in his own mind of who belongs in the protected group and who is in the O.K.-for-abuse (Out) group...
...about other problems, and a lot of the problems we face in the Western world are the same as the ones faced in the Eastern world: general malaise and a general dissatisfaction with present circumstances, withdrawal of people from one another, an immediate fragmentation of society, a redivision of ethnic groups, economic strata, energy shortages becoming increasingly prevalent, people struggling with a need to maintain ancient ethics...
...have seen Rocky, you've seen Rocky II. Stallone returns in a mimeograph of his last performance, mumbling ethnic wisdom and punching out his opponents for God, family, and country...
...Vilma Martinez, head of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, says that Hispanics will see the ruling as "the means to open doors that have been closed for too long." Women's groups believe Weber may help them expand their already considerable gains. Even some white ethnic groups that feel left out in the scramble for economic opportunity, such as Poles, Italians, Ukrainians and Czechs, may interpret Weber as a challenge that they cannot afford to ignore. Warns Leonard Walentynowicz, executive director of the Polish-American Congress: "If America's job opportunities and money...
...racial minorities, like Hispanics. It is less clear that affirmative-action programs that favor women will benefit from Weber. In discrimination cases, courts have typically been much more forthright in upholding the claims of minorities than of women. Weber is not likely to be of much use to white ethnic groups; hiring preferences that favor them would be vulnerable to reverse-discrimination suits...