Word: exploitationism
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No doubt there are pitfalls to every kind of ecotourist venture. Whether it preserves or disturbs a region and its inhabitants depends entirely on the sensitivity of the people who decide the scale and nature of tourist operations. Moreover, all too often nations and peoples develop an interest in saving...
-- There is no such thing as exploitation. If you help someone with odd jobs, pocket any pay tendered -- you might earn the equivalent of a year's salary in rubles after just a few days.
In Madrid the Association of Indian Cultures announces that it will mark the occasion with acts of "sabotage." In the U.S. the Columbus in Context Coalition declares that the coming event provides "progressives" with their best political opening "since the Vietnam War." The National Council of Churches (NCC) condemns the...
In country after country, proposed action plans stressed such projects as the opening of previously pristine forests for exploitation. Noting that Cameroon could become the "most important African producer and exporter of forestry-based products from the start of the 21st century," T.F.A.P. proposed construction of a 370-mile road...
The disturbances recall the 1970s controversy surrounding so-called black- exploitation movies, a tradition of gangster tales that goes back to Shaft. Civic leaders complain that such movies glamourize crime to an audience that can ill afford the extra temptation. "It plays on the minds of young blacks who are...