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Although he remained a prolific writer, his popularity and reputation suffered when he left America for France in 1947 in an attempt to escape racism, Rowley said...
...incidents in the section have shocked the Law School campus, which students and faculty say is generally free of overt racism and anti-Semitism...
...happened that I’m aware of since I’ve been here,” said third-year law student Deidre A. Downes, a vice-president of the BLSA. “This is the first time that I’ve ever seen any blatant racism at the Law School. It’s really disturbing...
...sneakers last week when Indiana upset Duke, the defending national champion, 74-73 in the NCAA tournament. Davis grew up in crushing poverty in Alabama and had careers in football and basketball before he started coaching. An African American in a state with a history pockmarked by racism and a stutterer who struggles through press conferences, Davis has received ugly e-mail from fervent Hoosier fans and fielded what he obliquely refers to as "the craziest questions" on his radio show. But those questions were drowned out by the roaring crowds, who saw Indiana go on to beat Kent State...
These are hardly the words of a racist judge. In fact, Pickering’s record not only refutes the charge of racism, but suggests he is an especially capable jurist. As Judiciary Committee member Orrin Hatch argued last Thursday, Pickering’s reversal rate is lower than both the national average and the average for district court judges in the Fifth Circuit. And, as Hatch noted, almost all of the matters on which Pickering was reversed were minor issues unrelated to the substance of the case (such as the precise determination of legal fees to be paid...