Word: racially
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have not learned it how could I do the more advanced work? If one is unfamiliar with the English language, perhaps that person should attempt to gain some knowledge of it before demanding to be admitted to Harvard (and how does one decide that words are familiar to one racial group and not to others? Economics...
...addition, the authors have left the most important point out of their manifesto--this recognition they demand should not be a recognition of race only, but also of academic preparation and of ability. If Harvard will accept a person simply because he belongs to a racial or ethnic minority why shouldn't they accept me simply because I am left handed or walk with a limp? If academic ability is not to be the primary consideration for the admissions office, then how long will Harvard remain a college that anyone interested in learning wishes to attend...
Then the first shock from this narcissistic, almost coquettish new champion. He went off after the fight to eat ice cream in the company of Malcolm X, the Black Muslim leader whose unyielding words attacked the nation's racial hostilities and foretold the fire to come. The next morning, the conqueror of Listen told sportswriters he had become a Black Muslim...
...hopes the situation will work out well. On the more negative side of things, the liberal members and supporters of the Cambridge School Committee fear some conflicts with Danehy. The main issues confronting the committee these days are the development of an alternative public high school, achieving a racial balance in the city schools, and choosing an affirmative action officer for the schools. And in the always-difficult question of the budget, Wolf withholds her predictions on how Danehy will handle these questions...
...last week's Republican National Committee meeting, the delegates resoundingly defeated the bid by a black woman, Dr. Gloria Toote, a supporter of Ronald Reagan, for the party's co-chairmanship. The 118-to-37 result primarily reflected incumbent Mary Crisp's first-rate performance, not racial division. Still, before the vote, one G.O.P. leader explained his preference for Crisp by noting: "We're getting Jesse Jackson tomorrow. That's enough...