Word: racially
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...merely an aspect of my behavior but rather my love, I still perceive my identity as being disdained. It would be similar if a Black person were told that although blackness is distasteful or immoral, he or she is "o.k." For members of both a racial and sexual minority, prejudice is compounded...
Over six days across campus, well-publicized panels, speeches, films and performances could have helped air out malingering racial tensions at Harvard. Indeed, administrators have been quick to claim success...
...other campuses, where there have been flagrant instances of racism, it has not been difficult to draw students to AWARE-type events. Most undergraduates today are enlightened enough to lash out against racial hatred when it appears in highly visible forms...
...Hernandez-Gravelle and her staff were faced with the challenge of motivating people to attend events which, to the average student, did not seem so imperative. There have been no large galvanizing incidents recently at Harvard. How do you convince "well-intentioned" students to examine their own racial attitudes when they will not admit to even the possibilty of being racist...
...emphasize the facts: investment in South Africa perpetuates apartheid, and South African Blacks overwhelmingly favor divestment. Even Reverend Leon Sullivan, who created a set of moral principles for businesses that chose to stay in South Africa, now calls for a complete withdrawal of foreign funds. At a time when racial conflict is becoming more violent and bloody, both Tutu and Sullivan advocate the use of every peaceful pressure that can be brought against the South African government...