Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because Joshua is so transparently hostile on the subject of religion and because it persists in taking itself too seriously, it must eternally be categorized as ethnic-schlock a brand tellingly dubbed shock-schlock With this variety, we are made, rather forced--for it is rammed down our throats--to feel the appalling "weirdness" of the ethnics in question...
...percentages of minority students enrolled at Harvard vary widely by school and ethnic group. Asian students, for example, last year constituted 14 percent of the Dental School's student body. Meanwhile, there were no Native Americans at the School of Public Health. Minority ethnic groups constitute about 18 percent of the College's student body...
...member of an ethnic minority group? Candidates: 23% *College...
Though many educators agree with Bennett's latest broadside, it stirred angry reactions. Said Ralph Robinett, administrator of bilingual education in Dade County, Fla.: "It is the old story of the power structure being out of tune with the ethnic makeup of the community." Nathan Quinones, a Hispanic and chancellor of New York City's public schools, where 86,000 students are in bilingual programs, was quietly unhappy. Bennett's emphasis on English, he said, "implies that if you do anything other than what is professed by Bennett . . . you may not be American...
Questions an interviewer should not ask: An interviewer should not ask you questions which are not job-related. It is illegal to ask questions about age; social, religious, or political preferences; ethnic background; national origin; sex; or arrest record. Questions about marital status or family plans are not usually asked and are illegal in some states...