Word: mainstream
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...MAINSTREAM VALUES: this is an expression used to conjure nostalgic images of the nuclear family and a dog living in a house with a white picket fence down the street from the Cleavers and the Nelsons. These are also the values of the wealthy, protestant, heterosexual white males who are fighting to preserve cultural hegemony in the United States. "Mainstream values" are antithetical to the Equal Rights Amendment, affirmative action, reproductive rights, civil liberties, and civil rights for gays, lesbians and bisexuals. This is CULTURAL OPPRESSION...
...term "people of color" is intended as a substitute for partisan names like "Black," "Asian" and "Latino," which emphasize the differences between different minority communities. It attempts to encapsulate the fact that all of these minority groups face discrimination and trouble with integration into mainstream culture...
Bradley is bright without appearing a "pointy-head." He is progressive without appearing "out of the mainstream." He adheres to liberal principles without being burdened by ideological baggage. And he is the Democrats' brightest hope to win the Presidency...
...connections between Bush and Nixon are as much ideological as personal. Vice President Bush stressed throughout his campaign that America was separated by a "Great Divide." His cries for a mainstream mandate are in many ways similar to Nixon's own faith in a silent majority. Nixon won on a "law-and-order" platform, and George Bush did the same. The Willie Horton case, brought to you courtesy of Roger Ailes, did matter. Fully three times as many Americans said they voted based on fears of crime than anxiety over relations between the superpowers...
...hundred students debated campus race relations last night in a lively discussion forum titled, "Is it Racism or are Minorities Overreacting: A Mainstream Perspective...