Word: ethnicize
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Some students have punctured ethnic boundaries. The Black Students Association, the Chinese Students Association, Fuerza Latina, and Native Americans of Harvard College all boast memberships that transcend ethnic lines...
...aspect of Savalli's career. He is, as one newspaper dubbed him, the first "Muslim Matador." And as he worked the bulls - and the Las Ventas crowd - one day after the second anniversary of the Madrid bombings, Savalli proved that there is at least one arena in which an ethnic North African can hold his own with native Spaniards. Not that Savalli thinks of himself as African. His home country is France. Born in the southern city of Arles, he's a product of the kind of integration that seemed so absent during the recent French riots: his mother...
...many in the Solomons, life has improved dramatically since mid-2003, when an Australian-led rescue effort - the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) - arrived to calm long-running ethnic tensions and prevent the country from falling into anarchy. Dozens of violent militants are in jail or on trial, thousands of weapons have been confiscated, and corruption investigations are cranking up. Australia will spend $A247 million this year on its participation in RAMSI; other South Pacific nations are also giving security help. The shattered economy is gaining momentum, and an election is scheduled for April...
...include some smaller parties in their governing coalitions and on their electoral lists, especially those composed of ethnic and religious minorities, such as Assyrians Christians and Turkomen. But established opposition parties say that these small parties have either been bought off or wholly invented by the ruling parties, in order to give the appearance of diversity and broad support. "It's the old Middle Eastern mentality - that it's not enough just to win an election, they want to win by 99%," says Salim Kako, an official with the Assyrian Democratic Party. "Everyone has to agree. You are not allowed...
...anxieties of personal shortcoming. As an Italian-American, he desperately wishes to assimilate into American culture—his ultimate dream would be to have a cliché American last name, a brunette on his arm, and a successful writing career with which he could erase his ethnic heritage. Hayek’s Camilla feels similarly toward her Mexican background. She has changed her last name from Lopez to Lombard and trades in her comfortable guaraches for elegant white heels after she meets Bandini. However, Camilla is willing to endure the societal stigma against immigrants and interracial relationships...