Word: racism
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...went out of his way to insult blacks. One of them, Larry Stewart, said Rightmyer approached three black agents in 1985 and "without any provocation . . . stated, 'You were born trash, you'll live and die trash.'" Other law officers who had attended the gatherings -- including blacks -- testified that racism had never been tolerated there. The Clinton Administration is investigating the allegations...
According to sources close to the defense, the team is split on this matter. Bailey wants to call as many as 10 witnesses he hopes will attest to Fuhrman's alleged racism and his use of the N word, which Fuhrman denied on the stand; Shapiro and Cochran feel two or three will suffice. Kathleen Bell, who figured so prominently in the defense's plans with her recollection of Fuhrman's rant about "niggers gathered together and killed,'' is at best a problem witness. Pellicano reportedly has gathered evidence that she is lying, and Bell has written a letter...
...level, the film can be viewed as historically inaccurate, but perfectly politically correct, expounding the silliness of racism and overflowing with gratuitous hug-a-tree scenes...
...flag-burning amendment and a supporter of Medicare, which helped him care for both his parents in their final years. On affirmative action he makes a nuanced distinction. While he is against programs that give advantages to people who no longer need them, he supports programs that recognize that "racism has been unfortunately an ingrained part of our society for a couple of hundred years...
...message from many Southern Baptist pulpits was that God himself had ordained the separation of the races and that to tamper with it was to go against his will. "Just think of all the violence and bitterness we might have been spared if the Southern Baptists had repudiated racism sooner," says C. Eric Lincoln, a retired professor of religion at Duke University. "The country would have been 100 years ahead of where it is today in race relations...