Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...major problem they are going to come up against is connected with the fact that the economic pie is growing at a slower rate, so they're going to have real problems with resource allocation. I think the next period is going to be one of increasing regional and ethnic conflict. It will be an issue that will overhang almost everything else. Generally, what seems to have been happening in the last 15 years, there has been a growing sense of nationalism among everyone, not just among the minorities, but among the Russians as well. For instance there have been...
Powell: Central Asians have manifested their ethnic distinction by refusing to become acculturated ... Only a small minority want to move from their villages into the cities and take urban jobs. The real problem is going to come from the labor side. There is a serious labor shortage in the Soviet Union. Most of the increment to the labor force is going to have to be from central Asians...I see Andropov using more traditional methods to deal with this new work force, methods associated with Stalin's era. There will be more of an effort to combat drinking and absenteeism...
RIVERSIDE., Calif.--In a protest reminiscent of the student unrest during the 1960s, approximately 200 students at the University of California at Riverside (UCR) last month staged a rally to fight the proposed dismantling of the Ethnic Studies programs...
After several minutes, student leaders were allowed into the conference room. When Ron Balestrien, president of the Graduate Student Council, asked questions regarding the fate of Ethnic studies programs, at UCR, or why Black and Chicano Studies are being scheduled for dismantlement. Warren declined to comment...
Rivera said, "I am not going to respond today...there is ample opportunity for student output in a context of correct action. Rivera said he believed it inappropriate to discuss the Ethnic Studies issue because the academic program review process is currently underway...