Word: racisms
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...that accompanies it, much of the Contract is a cleverly packaged attempt to return to the policies of Ronald Reagan and George Bush. The Republican electoral strategy, as well as the issues and themes that the party continues to stress, also represents an intensified attempt to appeal to the racism, xenophobia and prejudice that has continued to divide America...
...undocumented immigrants to the INS. However, it does not define the basis for such suspicion. How will public officials differentiate between immigrant and non-immigrant people? Is it the way you speak? The sound of your last name? The shade of your skin? The basis for such suspicion screams racism. Moreover, the fear caused by this "suspicion clause" has prevented children from attending school, mothers from attending prenatal appointments and those in need of medical attention from seeking professional help. In addition to this, several states including Texas, Illinois, Florida and Massachusetts are looking to California's Proposition...
...Black in a white-dominated area, I'm going to experience [racism] because I'm a Black individual who stands out," Johnson says. "I get the looks and I can tell there's lot of racism...
...felt the need to come out against racial epithets, racial slurs and racism in general," said Cynthia D. Johnson '96, president of the Association of Black Radcliffe Women. "And also just to say to the Black community of Mather that when one member of our community is affected by racism, all of us are affected...
...students to appreciate each other's backgrounds by randomly grouping them in their firstyear, I might have continued in my state of ignorance. That would have been a terrible loss not only for me, but for the type of tolerant society we wish to live in. Ignorance breeds racism and, at a school like Harvard where, if past graduates are any indication, many of our nation's leaders in business, science, and the humanities will graduate from, the perpetuation of this sort of ignorance is infinitely more dangerous. With this in mind, the decision the College will soon reach...