Word: formals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...specific or will not be strictly enforced, but it will exert constant pressure against an unbiased concern for merit. Indeed, that pressure is just what proponents of affirmative action say they want to maintain. They do not want quotas, but they want the disposition to quotas that makes the formal requirement unnecessary--and keeps it concealed. Representation has to do with political power, not with academic excellence...
...into segregated neighborhoods with poorly-funded schools. Second, they are passed over in job searches because employers consciously exclude applicants from inner-city neighborhoods. Third, and above all, they are hurt by employers' reliance on informal hiring networks--such as recommendations from friends and co-workers--rather than on formal employment agencies seeking to place minorities into the work force...
...long twilight struggle for justice will be won only if racism is eradicated. America salves her conscience with economic programs and formal civil rights legislation. Yet our nation continues to sin, and an egregious guilt rests upon our soul...
After the official close of the program, Wink, Goldman and Stanton chatted with about 30 people, among them a graduate student writing a doctoral dissertation on the group. In this even less formal setting, they talked about topics such as grunge music, theater critics and psychotherapy...
...formal meeting and all of the candidates are certified," said Samuel J. Martland '96, a council delegate from Dunster House and candidate contact person for the Council Election Commission, which is supervising the election...