Word: raced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...separate tables, keep largely to ourselves, count people of our own group among our closest friends. Whether Black or white, we all realize that race still matters in some intangible way, though its effects are real. The tensions evidence themselves in small ways--the perception by Blacks of insensitivity by whites, the assumption by whites of special consideration for Blacks...
...that is the case on campus generally. The complaints of insensitivity increase, but the level of dialogue does not. As concerns focus increasingly on language and attitudes towards race and gender, as opposed to discrimination, it seems that there is precious little in the way of talking or thought on the subject. We speak to ourselves...
...classic example is the letter which Assistant Dean for Minority Affairs and Race Relations Hilda Hernandez-Gravelle recently released. Commenting on two recent incidents of racial insensitivity, she asked the campus to pay attention to its language, so as not to make others feel excluded. But the incidents she described trace the line from the old racism to the new perception of insensitivity. To many, the letter was a parody of the kind of demands which minorities now make...
Brown's chance to play politics on the national level came when Ted Kennedy tapped him to be his deputy campaign manager in 1980. He ran the Senator's California primary race, juggling the rivalries there to produce one of the campaign's few successes...
...Brown is viewed by some as Jesse Jackson's man. But in his race to be chairman of the Democratic Party, the polished lobbyist is running on his own record...