Word: racisms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...review articles, Guinier wrote that racism is so deeply entrenched in our society that, barring state intervention, "[r]acism excludes minorities from ever becoming part of the governing coalition." She characterized whites as a "hostile, permanent majority." Most notorious was her theory of "authentic black representation," where she argued that for black constituencies, blacks make more "authentic" representatives than whites. "Black representatives are authentic because they are descriptively similar to their constituents," she wrote. "In other words, they are politically, psychologically, and culturally black...
Internalized racism still exists, and that iswhy we need a public conversation," she said...
Blacks are not immune or prepared for this type of treatment as whites are often guilty of thinking. In other words, whites tend to feel that racism is just a part of our lives, and we know how to deal with it. Wrong. Each racial slur or discriminatory act incites a new feeling of anger and frustration. Therefore whites might feel slightly sympathetic, but in general apathetic. Blacks become disappointed and angry. It is, on the whole, disgusting...
Harvard University students have frequently leveled charges of racism against the Harvard police. It seems that almost every year there is some allegation that officers have acted differently because of a suspect's race...
...account has been corroborated by another juror, Patricia LeMay. In an affidavit, LeMay, who is white, also charged that racism played a large part in the deliberations. According to LeMay, comments by other jurors included "the nigger admitted he did it" and "he should...