Word: hispanicization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Losing Clout. Blacks exploded at the choice. "We will no longer be taken for granted," stormed Democratic Congressman Ralph Metcalfe. Polish Americans also objected, thus raising the specter of a black-Polish alliance against the ruling Irish-who stand to lose considerable clout now that their most powerful patron is...
Earlier, visiting the National Museum of Anthropology, Mrs. Carter showed knowledge of pre-Hispanic culture-and a ready sense of humor. Pointing to an Indian mural that included a figure with circles issuing from its mouth, Museum Director Dr. Ignacio Bernal jokingly explained, "We call him the politician-the circles...
"We are still unhappy about the relatively low number of Afro-American, Native American, Hispanic-American and Oriental-American students," Meyer said. Increased recruitment efforts in future years should bring in more and more highly qualified minority applicants, he said.
This reply has several remifications. Many Asian-American students now find themselves in limbo, unable to identify with the white majority, but separated by definition from the minorities on campus. This is a point which cannot and ought not to be disputed, but it is one which Epps has confronted...
Carter is in better shape with other Democratic voting blocs. During the convention, he defused potential problems with feminists by assuring them that women would play a prominent role in his campaign and, if elected, in his Administration. Two aides, Harriet Zimmerman of Atlanta and David Berg of Houston, met...