Word: ethnicization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most important issues facing the College today is race relations among its students and within the general University community. In my experience, problems ir race relations at Harvard occur for two reasons: 1) because of a lack of knowledge by both parties, especially the majority, about other ethnic groups' experiences in America and 2) an absence of meaningful interaction between people of different races. But the critical tendency among Americans and, to our benefit, a critical mass in the College is to pursue interaction with more confidence and good will than in the past. In student affairs there has been...
...illegal immigrants often have more to fear from exploiters, or "coyotes," as they are called, than they do from American authorities. They are fair game for every kind of shyster lawyer and racketeer, many of their own ethnic background. The victims of the fleecing can scarcely complain to the police, lest they give themselves away...
...least influential of the seven staffers who make up the Carter inner circle seems to be Midge Costanza, 44, the former vice mayor of Rochester. She is the group's only female, the only ethnic and the only non-Georgian. One White House watcher wisecracks: "They had hoped she might be handicapped too." Costanza's job: to deal, as she says, with "organized America," meaning special-interest groups such as senior citizens and gay organizations. Costanza is much more liberal than Carter on most issues, and thus far has not had much impact on policy...
...first gallery" (Doll & Richards, at No. 172), the oldest art society in America (Copley Society, No. 158) and the oldest non-profit organization in the U.S. (The Society of Arts and Crafts, No. 175). The galleries display old masters and contemporary art, sculpture and arts and crafts, photography and ethnic art. So what's there now? Here's a sampling...
...west of Ontario have thus had little chance to shake hands with a French-Canadian, even, though French-Canadians constitute more than 25 per cent of Canada's population. Hostilities on both sides are fanned by ignorance. Like a giant centrifuge, Canada's geography has polarized its two major ethnic groups...