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...bigotry and domination that plagued Europe in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and obstructed its human experience. Your experiment of building what is now the oldest federal system where human beings and states are equal before the law with no discrimination on the basis of class, national origin, religion and color represents a light that can illuminate the human march toward a better world...
...days. A credit cardholder is liable for only $50 in purchases that someone else charges on a lost or stolen card. If a merchant or lender turns down an application for credit, he must say why. People may not be denied credit because of sex, race or national origin. A bank, finance company or other lender that buys an installment contract from a merchant-in legal parlance, a "holder in due course"-may not demand payment for defective goods that the merchant refuses to repair or replace...
...affairs cannot be justified either on intellectual and academic grounds or on the basis of a fair humanistic principle. If Harvard expects to convince the world that it is truly committed to knowledge whatever its price and to the principle of respect for all people regardless of the origin of their culture, it must establish a Department of African Languages and Literatures. Not to do so and not provide the knowledge of the languages and literatures of Africa can easily be interpreted as the perpetuation of the many old misconceptions about Africans and a condescending attitude towards their culture--that...
Wauchope thoroughly documents the curious blend of mysticism and racism that animates so many of his theories that claim a European origin for American Indian culture. If he were writing his book today, no doubt he would include the following passage from America B.C., in which Fell describes the growing interest in his work...
...recently, pottery that Fell thinks may be of Phoenician origin was found off the coast of Maine in a place Fell says was used as a ship anchorage in ancient times by traders from Phoenicia. The pottery was actually found before Fell suggested that such objects might lie submerged in the area. But he says the pottery was of no interest to anyone, and therefore ignored, until someone heard him give a lecture in which he predicted such finds. Fell says the U.S. Navy has suggested that ancient sunken hulls may also be in the area. If Fell's deciphering...