Word: notionalism
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...much as I relished my “token” status back then, the notion of ethnic identity was well below the radar in high school, where defining oneself socially and academically seemed the utmost priorities...
That being said, Huntington’s arguments, while surely controversial, are not at all xenophobic, though the Foreign Policy cover byline certainly doesn’t help dispel this notion. It reads: “Samuel Huntington on how Hispanic immigrants threaten America’s identity, values, and way of life.” This is misleading. It should instead read: “Samuel Huntington on how large numbers of unassimilated Hispanic immigrants who profess dual nationalities and thus dual loyalties to Mexico and the U.S. threaten America’s identity, values, and way of life...
...want the Bush tax cuts repealed, or should America transform into Sweden version 2.0? Will you welcome ROTC back with open arms only when Congress abandons “don’t ask, don’t tell,” or do you shudder at the notion of the military on campus, period? Do you really hate Bush, or would you kill him if you had a chance...
...Harvard, I’m not sure I could have dealt with the tremendous responsibilities of that position,” he says of the mock beauty pageant. “She’s always an ambassador.” Where his voice is concerned, Hunter respects the notion of different strokes for different folks. “There’s no such thing as a bad singer, just bad for that genre,” he says of his five rejections from the Din and Tonics. “Just because my voice is scratchy...
...Chicago Sun-Times, the test scores of third-graders who were held back showed "no appreciable increase," while those of held-back sixth-graders were more likely to decrease. John Easton, executive director of the consortium, declined to discuss the findings in detail but said they support the notion that "retention is a last resort and not in and of itself the answer to the problem...