Word: ethnicization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worked for Udall during the Massachusetts primary campaign, in part because Harris's prospects looked pretty bleak. Carter was never more than my third or fourth choice for the Democratic nomination, and by the time of the convention, there was no way I was going to vote for Mr. "Ethnic Purity...
...these students do not represent Asian-American communities throughout the country." Such a philosophy would advocate a dangerous alteration in the traditional objective of affirmative action from an emphasis upon correcting for underrepresentation to one focusing upon misrepresentation. Furthermore, this argument is difficult to take seriously in that no ethnic, racial or regional group in the nation is fairly represented at Harvard with regard to socioeconomic status. One would, for example, be hard put to find a group more misrepresented at Harvard than white, Anglo-Saxon Protestants. Contrary to the impression that might be gained by glancing through a Harvard...
...FEDERAL DEPARTMENT of Health, Education and Welfare identifies four ethnic groups, including Asian-Americans, as minorities, and includes these groups in all minority-oriented programs. The HEW classifications are based on statistical data demonstrating economic and social disadvantage. But despite the federal policy, Harvard traditionally has found it unnecessary to recognize Asian-Americans as members of a minority group and to include them in all University programs for minorities...
...represent Asian-American communities throughout the country. It is in these communities that active recruitment is necessary, and the admissions offices should recognize the situation of Asian-Americans as the government does, and actively include them in all minority student recruitment and admissions programs. This effort to recruit within ethnic communities should be extended to all minorities, not Asian-Americans alone...
...drafted the so-called "Sarbanes substitute," which became the first article of Impeachment passed by the House Judiciary Committee in 1974. A liberal, Sarbanes nonetheless has opposed busing and unconditional amnesty for draft evaders. With the Democrats' 3-to-l registration margin in Maryland and Sarbanes' strong ethnic ties, he appears to be a sure winner...