Word: racially
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other, quieter "revolutions," with a noble legacy worthy of an intellectual defense. Recently, Eric Foner, in his account of the Reconstruction period, portrayed the time as a brief period of true emancipation for Blacks in America. He implicitly called for contemporary America to live up to the vision of racial equality of that time...
...form the base of minority agendas, renewed attention upon it may signal the new assertiveness of ethnic groups 25 years after the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The question, frequently a subtle one for outsiders, signifies in many ways the rise of a new understanding of racism and racial insensitivity. However, different groups seek different answers for themselves...
...Connor, writing for the majority, charged that the city had not specifically proved a level of past discrimination that would support its 30% set-aside rule. Wrote O'Connor: "An amorphous claim that there has been past discrimination in a particular industry cannot justify the use of an unyielding racial quota." Although the Richmond law was intended to help minorities, she argued, quota systems are inherently dangerous...
Legal experts see trouble ahead for set-aside plans and other government- sponsored racial remedies. "It's clear that affirmative-action programs will be harder to justify," concludes Professor Laurence Tribe of Harvard Law School. Officials around the country expressed concern over how their plans would fare under the ruling. The National League of Cities found the decision "troubling in what it says about the capacity of states and cities to govern at all in some matters...
Infuse a 1940s Harlem nightclub act with a Busby Berkeley film's lavish budget, elbow room and staging style, restrain the raunch and remove the racial bitterness. The result: Black and Blue, the sumptuously spectacular $5 million revue that opened last week on Broadway. If Fred and Ginger had been black and still able to live in that elegant fantasy world, their shows might have looked a lot like this: rows of tap dancers in tailcoats or scarlet evening gowns; vast sets like lacquered jewel boxes gliding across the floor and opening to reveal a kick line; a singer...