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...thicker skin than Caucasians. To the contrary, what this study shows is the extent to which subconscious racist attitudes still afflict even highly educated, humane white people who sincerely believe they do not have a prejudiced bone in their body. In what might be called the Alfred E. Neuman syndrome--after the Mad magazine character whose doofus slogan was "What--me worry?"--people in this group tend to react with shocked innocence when minorities complain about the persistence of unfair treatment. "What--me racist?" they seem to say. "Perish the thought...
...Clinton of violating Paula Jones' civil rights would want to leap on this issue. But you'd be wrong. The AIUSA report is more likely to be dismissed as a slanderous liberal assault on the criminal-justice system than as a wake-up call for reform. Like Alfred E. Neuman, its detractors will look deeply into their own heart, pronounce themselves innocent and bury their head in the sand...
Rabbi, family mediator and mental-health counselor M. Gary Neuman says it is time for us to face the new realities of marriage: "We must stop regarding new family structures--single-parent, step-, and blended--as somehow inferior and support these families for what they are: real families too." Neuman's book, Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way (Times), is meant to help parents navigate the choppy waters of divorce. Neuman is the creator of the Sandcastles Program, a workshop for the children of divorce, which has aided more than 30,000 kids. "The overwhelming majority...
...Finance and Investment, which conducts 60% of its business online, was profitable 90 days after plugging into the Net. And Eddie Bauer, the outdoor-clothing retailer, has an online operation that has been profitable since 1997 and is growing at 300% to 500% a year. The Net, says Judy Neuman, the firm's vice president of interactive media, "makes you think very differently about your customers...
...thumbs and say, "What I find deeply troubling..." or "I fear I take a less sanguine view..." everybody listens, brows furrowed. Go around acting as if everything's wonderful, though, and you'll be dismissed as an ignorant lightweight, shallow and simpleminded. "What, me worry?" was Alfred E. Neuman's motto, not Thomas Mann...