Word: neutralizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Epps says he was careful to take a studiously neutral approach to race, one he now views as overly cautious...
...restrict their suffrage "for participation in rebellion, or other crime," and the Supreme Court ruled in 1974 that "this language was intended by Congress to mean what it says." Only one exception has been found, namely disenfranchisement for a specifically racist purpose. However, felony disenfranchisement laws are ostensibly race-neutral, and unless the racial bias is explicit, the courts will not intervene...
...deny the term "career" an inherently socially responsible character. That society affixes the label "socially responsible" to only certain careers implies that some careers are socially irresponsible. As Eldridge Cleaver said, "You're either part of the solution or you're either part of the problem." There is no neutral ground between working for a better world and working against...
Once upon a time, women weren't allowed in Lamont and Neil Armstrong could take a step for Man and leap for Mankind without fretting too much over whether his statement was gender-neutral. In those days, a student sat at his desk to write his paper on the history of mankind. A few weeks after he handed in the paper, this student's professor said to his class, "If anyone wants to, he can pick up his paper after the lecture." The student received his paper, was satisfied with a Gentleman's "C" and went to a Final Club...
Where boys' and girls' advocates generally agree is on the destructive nature of gender stereotyping. If girls are urged to catch up in math and join ice-hockey teams, boys should be encouraged to write poetry and take dance classes without being labeled sissies. Parents can enhance gender-neutral self-esteem by suggesting that a daughter help fix a leaky pipe--or a son whip up an omelet. "A little girl who says she wants to be a doctor gets a lot of support," says Bailey, whose Wellesley Centers are devoting their next gender-equity conference to boys...