Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Square is indeed one of the most exhilirating cultural and commercial centers in the country. The University (at once sagely academic and youthful), the affluent neighborhood to the west down Brattle St. and the less affluent, heavily ethnic neighborhoods at the northern and eastern ends of Mass. Ave, all combine into a cultural potpourri. This hybrid probably boasts the nation's highest concentration and variety of both ice cream and bookstores (including the oldest foreign language bookstore in the United States.) Harvard Square, as much as Harvard itself, draws tourists, soul-searchers, and cosmopolitans to mid-Cambridge--or at least...
Like many Angelenos, I was born outside California and moved here only 15 years ago. From my first day in Los Angeles, I was impressed by the nonexistence of the ethnic-group conflict I had often experienced in my native South. Naturally there are problems in our city. But visitors to Los Angeles will not see the negative interaction you incorrectly described in your story. Rather, the observer will walk away with a sense of the contribution these new Americans are making: the small ethnic shops, often adjacent to one another, the community groups full of recent arrivals, eager...
...Murphy's early comedy heroes; as a fledgling professional comic, Murphy used to perform an entire act using Pryor's material, calling it "A Tribute to Richard Pryor." Both performers have won the multiracial mass movie audiences, and both have swum in the dark blue undercurrents of ethnic humor. Since meeting Murphy on an airplane last year, Pryor has been "very kind and generous to me, offering all kinds of advice. I've started calling him Yoda. When I told him I was thinking of leaving Saturday Night Live, Richard said"-and here Murphy shifts into...
...that various immigrant groups, having experienced racial and ethnic discrimination, cling to their traditional prejudices in order to maintain their identity. While ethnic pride and cultural heritage are to be encouraged, the downgrading of other minorities is beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior. America has grown by accepting and appreciating the gifts and contributions of all our minorities and ethnic groups...
Menudo's encampment in New York last week was well timed. They arrived within 24 hours of the huge Puerto Rican Day parade down Fifth Avenue and so rode the crest of local ethnic pride. Indeed, many Hispanic American parents encourage their daughters' enthusiasm for a pop group that sings in the mother tongue. And the lads are nice. Onstage, in tight pants and glitzy tunics, the five do attempt a few sexy gyrations, but their lyrics tend to be wholesome odes to wind surfing, pretty hair, love of country and respect for elders...