Word: raced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some social critics contend that black poverty can no longer be blamed on racism because discrimination is now a matter of class more than race. The argument permits whites to feel a sense of relief. But the claim is an insidious one. Racism still flourishes, not just in Yonkers, N.Y., and the Howard Beach section of Queens, but in every segregated neighborhood in the nation, which means pretty much everywhere. In addition, discrimination based on class distinctions is no less noxious than that based on racial ones. The Underclass reels under a double hit: covert racial biases and overt class...
...default after Johnson's positive test for steroids. Lewis seemed to be headed for another gold in the 200 meters, but was inched out at the tape by his teammate and friend Joe DeLoach. "Now the world knows how well Joe is running," Lewis said after the race. "At the end, he had more strength." The bitterest frustration, however, came when the anchor man on the U.S. B team, running in a heat for the 4 X 100-meter relay, took possession of the baton outside the designated zone. That meant disqualification, preventing the regular U.S. squad, which Lewis would...
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With one month to go to the election, the polls continued to show Bush a step ahead in the race for the White House. Democrats were hoping that other polls rating Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-Tex.) as the winner of the vice presidential debate would serve as prelude to a shift in the presidential race itself...
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