Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sounds more ethnic if it ain't good English...
President Bok recently has been talking with masters about ways to improve the quality of House life, especially by alleviating racial and other tensions, several masters said this week. Bok reportedly has suggested that individual Houses assume greater roles in supporting particular ethnic groups and extracurricular organizations. Explaining that he has been "trying to initiate a process where I could help wherever possible," Bok this week said he would like to leave the masters "alone as much as possible so they can use their direct experience to do what is most appropriate...
...apparent attempt to address perceived racial and other tensions among undergraduates, President Bok has quietly suggested increasing the role of individual Houses in supporting specific ethnic and extracurricular groups, several masters said yesterday...
Widespread tolerance in Massachusetts of the corrupt system has kept it alive, Ward says. The former American history professor believes the public's corruption may stem from the "political culture" of Massachusetts. Because immigrant ethnic groups in Boston found themselves oppressed and shut out of government upon their arrival in America. Ward explains, they developed a political system "based on friendship, neighborhood, ethnicity, creating a tolerance for favoritism and shady dealings...
...voting, while obviously aiding many of the marginal candidates, deals its greatest advantage to the city's minority groups. Minorities--not only in terms of ethnic or racial background, but also small groups divided by neighborhood or issue--stand to gain from the PR process...