Word: racism
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...question and discussion session followed the speakers' remarks. Issues raised included channeling anger for progressive goals, the national and university denial of racism and the changing nature of racism...
...must it take so long? I would like to ask Professor Kilson to define "that mature stage" and to inform us how we will recognize it. Does he mean that I must accept atavistic guilt and do penance? Does he refer to a time when racism no longer exists in this country of 250 million and rising? "From where I sit," it appears that prejudice will not be eliminated until the Last Judgment. Or does Professor Kilson mean that the mature stage will be around the year 2070, when the last Civil Rights widow tells all--that is, when...
...will the "mature stage have been attained when racism, repression and exploitation have been reduced to (quantifiable?) small amounts? What can I do, what can we as Americans do, to soothe our collective soul? --Jeffrey W. Vanke Ph.D. Candidate in History
...came forward to say that in his lease negotiations with the mall, a Pyramid official had assured him that "you'll never see an inner-city bus on the mall premises." Henry Louis Taylor, a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, calls this "sanitized, guiltless racism." According to Warren Galloway, head of Buffalo's Operation PUSH, "It is a kind of racism that is often played out in battles between cities and suburbs. It doesn't directly say no blacks allowed, but the effect is the same...
...There is no hidden racism in me," said Dornan, who opposes quota-oriented affirmative action but supports some other forms...