Word: genders
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Finally, Mondale must do more than listen to the demands of the much touted gender and minority gaps; he must select either a Black or a female running-mate. Only by paying attention to these demands will Mondale rally a populist coalition. If he succeeds, it will be an alliance with history and established legitimacy much stronger than any of the religious and hard-right minorities that elected the present president in the apathetic year...
...issue, basically a belief that his tax and budget cuts have favored the white and wealthy over the poor, blacks, Hispanics and other minorities. Partly because of the fairness issue and partly because of the perceived aggressiveness of U.S. foreign policy, Reagan has made little progress in closing the gender gap; his support among women in the latest polls is 12% lower than among...
...policy statement, currently before the Faculty Council, addresses harassment on the basis of factors such as race, gender, sexual orientation and political views. As such, the proposal correctly recognizes the interrelation of all forms of harassment and should encourage individuals to come forward with complaints, since they may be able to identify general harassment without knowing its precise cause...
...would hardly believe he is chairman of the Civil Rights Commission, which stated in a 1981 report--before Reagan could stack the committee--that "Race, sex, and national origin discrimination are not relies of the past existing solely as isolated acts of prejudice in an almost colorblind and gender-neutral society. The discrimination that minorities and women experience is far more pervasive, entrenched, and varied than many of the critics of affirmative action assume...
...Figures don't deny equally of opportunity, they deny equal results." But Chairman Pendleton seems unwilling to accept connections between 200 years of systematic discrimination and institutionalized racism and current inequities between white and Black Americans Advocates of affirmative action do not deny the desirability of a "color-blind," "gender-neutral" society, but, rather, realistically accept the limitations of our present society...