Word: racial
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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BOSTON--Flanked by a multi-racial contingent of once-opposites in Boston's infamous school desegregation battle, Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced the city's historic plan to eliminate race as a factor in school assignment on Wednesday...
...quallies and into the semifinals were enough to make Stevenson a sensation. Then the question of her paternity arose and overshadowed even her powerful tennis game. And she became a symbol for a virtual grab bag of contemporary social issues, ranging from overbearing mothers to absentee fathers, from racial tolerance to sexual intolerance...
...walked through the antique corridors of the courthouse, the "New South" of progress and racial harmony seemed worlds away. It was as if Scarlett O'Hara might be fanning herself around the corner...
What could explain this disconnect? Certainly not the real experiences of the present-day Delta, where racial integration was far more advanced than the plantations would suggest. As I drove from Memphis, Tenn., to Vicksburg and New Orleans, La., small details suggested that perhaps this was the New South after all--like the fact that all three cities have black mayors. Or the businesses where whites worked alongside blacks. Or the brand-new roads and schools serving mostly black small towns. The South being marketed for the tourists was far more reactionary than the real South just out the door...
Skeptics of the report?s racial implications maintain that it?s just a fact of life that the better-off ? whites in general being wealthier than minorities ? adopt new technology sooner. When the socioeconomic gap narrows, the Internet gap will narrow with it, they say. But the study clearly show that it?s not just about money: Among those in the $15,000-$35,000 income group, more than a third of white households are online, while among minorities that portion drops to one fifth. Results like that were catnip for Bill Clinton on Thursday as he wound...