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...addition to racism and misconceptions, many whites are simply ignorant. "There is a significant minority of white students who have a real grasp of what's going on and understand the problem (of the black man)," said Wayne Peeler, "but the great majority of white students are just liberal thinking or liberal feeling people who want to show their liberalism by being friendly with a Negro...
...commitment." You fail to give credit to conservative activist students, who outnumber S.D.S. members by more than 5 to 1. Further, you fail to mention that there are students who intellectually envision the solutions to "bureaucracy" and "dehumanization" in addition to the few whose inarticulate ravings and uncritical grasp of history dominate your pages. There are many among us who do not erupt with empty slogans and undirected fury before a world not understood...
...Life under the Old Politics," he said in his TV address, "has been a life of events that overwhelm us, of change that outruns us, of headlines that shock us. The men of the Old Politics do not understand change. They do not grasp the new realities of American life. They do not sense the significance of emerging forces." The next ten days to two weeks, Rockefeller believes, will determine whether his unorthodox strategy has any chance of success...
...newsmen and their producers seemed themselves too numbed to grasp full command of the story until several hours after the shooting. Huntley and Brinkley seemed uncommonly beside the point; the early reporting hours demanded more footwork and fast talk-and less punditry. NBC anchorman Frank McGee shared with Sander Vanocur the credit for the coolest and ablest reporting on any channel...
...Movies. And when we sit in the half-light of these theatres, distracted by candy-laden children in action in too many aisles, wondering what evil lurks in the hearts of men who throw a sign saying ARS GRATIA ARTIS in front of a motorpsycho surfing shocker, we can grasp something of the apathy and despair that has permeated every aspect of Hollywood film production...