Word: minter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Robyn M. Minter speaks the language of idealism...
...years ago, Minter helped found an organization to do just that. The result was Actively Working Against Racism and Ethnocentrism (AWARE), a program dedicated to the same ideal of helping students better conquer racial and cultural obstacles in everyday life...
...Minter is not quite the idealist her rhetoric would make her out to be. The casual, almost carefree smile Minter shows the outside world belies a deeper sense of realism about the potential for effecting social reform in 20th Century America, whether on college campuses or in the inner city. Minter holds few illusions about the ability of either her or others to make a difference individually; she expects little in the way of quick, easy change...
...serious person," says Professor of Government Martin Kilson, who has known Minter for nearly four years. "What I mean by that is she has a sense of what is significant in both the life of the mind and the pragmatic world... She's intellectually keen and sharp, and this keenness is tempered by a tremendous pragmatic sensitivity...
Indeed, if Minter manages to hold on to idealism, she does so more out of a desire to find inspiration, and, perhaps, occasional security. Ultimately, Minter--the child of an interracial marriage--says she must be idealistic when it comes to improving interracial and cross-cultural harmony...