Word: neutrality
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Hollis: Where the tension in discussions tends to come is when some say that what affirmative action means is either an absolute preference or some sort of compensatory action over and beyond a neutral consideration of the factors. I would argue that in some instances, it is appropriate to go beyond a neutral consideration of the factors, that is, weighing them all equally. The real problem comes, of course, when an individual says that "I have been wronged as an individual. This is reverse discrimination. I was not here 20 years ago, I did not do the hiring...
...would hardly believe he is chairman of the Civil Rights Commission, which stated in a 1981 report--before Reagan could stack the committee--that "Race, sex, and national origin discrimination are not relies of the past existing solely as isolated acts of prejudice in an almost colorblind and gender-neutral society. The discrimination that minorities and women experience is far more pervasive, entrenched, and varied than many of the critics of affirmative action assume...
...deny equally of opportunity, they deny equal results." But Chairman Pendleton seems unwilling to accept connections between 200 years of systematic discrimination and institutionalized racism and current inequities between white and Black Americans Advocates of affirmative action do not deny the desirability of a "color-blind," "gender-neutral" society, but, rather, realistically accept the limitations of our present society...
...Marines were stationed in Beirut not as a combat force, but in the reasonable hope that they could provide a neutral, stabilizing force in the vacuum created by the Israeli withdrawal. Sadly, they have failed in this task--largely because they are viewed by most Lebanese (and, most likely, the Gemayel government itself) as anything but neutral. In an already bulletridden nation, the Marines have become just another target...
...culpa, the findings of the commission, which was chaired by retired Navy Admiral Robert L. J. Long,- will not be easily shrugged off. In effect, the report concluded that the Marines are engaged in a Mission Impossible. On one hand, they are unable to pose as neutral peace-keepers because the U.S. has sided militarily with the rickety central government of Amin Gemayel. On the other, they are too few in number (1,800) and too restricted in their operations (never firing unless fired upon) to be much of a military threat to the antigovernment factions...